Infant injury deaths with unknown intent: What else do we know?

Injury Prevention

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 272-275

  Overpeck, Mary D ^a   Brenner, Ruth A ^a   Trumble, Ann C ^a   Smith, Gordon S ^b   MacDorman, Marian F ^c   Berendes, Heinz W ^a  

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

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Intentional fatalities; Risk factors; Under ascertainment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANTICIDE; INJURY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANTICIDE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0033254751     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.5.4.272     Document Type: Article

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