Underascertainment of child abuse mortality in the United States

JAMA

Volumn 282, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 463-467

  Herman Giddens, Marcia E ^a,c,d   Brown, Gail ^a   Verbiest, Sarah ^a   Carlson, Pamela J ^a   Hooten, Elizabeth G ^a   Howell, Eleanor ^b   Butts, John D ^a  

^a Office of the Chief Medical Examiner   (United States)

^b State Center for Health Statistics   (United States)

^c IL   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANTICIDE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033523241     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.282.5.463     Document Type: Article

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