Risk factors for infant homicide in the United States

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 339, Issue 17, 1998, Pages 1211-1216

  Overpeck, Mary D ^a,b   Brenner, Ruth A ^a   Trumble, Ann C ^a   Trifiletti, Lara B ^a   Berendes, Heinz W ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS   (United States)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ARTICLE; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; CHILD ABUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANTICIDE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEGLECT; PREDICTION; PRENATAL CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANTICIDE; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARITY; PRENATAL CARE; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032558758     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199810223391706     Document Type: Article

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