A decade of pediatric homicide: A retrospective study at the Medical University of South Carolina

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 169-172

  Collins, Kim A ^a,b   Nichols, Clay A ^a  

^a Dept of Pathol and Lab Medicine   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Homicide; Pediatric; Retrospective

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; BATTERED CHILD SYNDROME; BLUNT TRAUMA; CARBON MONOXIDE INTOXICATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGLECT; THERMAL INJURY; UNITED STATES;

ASPHYXIA; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0032996120     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000433-199906000-00013     Document Type: Article

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