Victim, perpetrator, family, and incident characteristics of 32 infant maltreatment deaths in the United States Air Force

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 91-101

  Brewster, Albert L ^a   Nelson, John P ^a   Hymel, Kent P ^a   Colby, Donald R ^b   Lucas, D R ^c   McCanne, Thomas R ^c   Milner, Joel S ^c  

^a Air Force Materiel Command   (United States)

^b Bolling Air Force Base ^*  (United States)

^c NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Battered child syndrome; Colic; Infanticide; Physical child abuse; Shaken baby

Indexed keywords

AIR FORCE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD ABUSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLIC; CRYING; FAMILY; FEMALE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANTICIDE; MALE; NEWBORN; OFFENDER; VICTIM;

ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CRIME VICTIMS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANTICIDE; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032007924     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0145-2134(97)00132-4     Document Type: Article

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