'Battered pets': Munchausen syndrome by proxy (factitious illness by proxy)

Journal of Small Animal Practice

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 385-389

  Munro, H M C ^a   Thrusfield, M V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CHILD; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME BY PROXY; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CHILD; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME BY PROXY; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

EID: 0035434043     PISSN: 00224510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-5827.2001.tb02486.x     Document Type: Article

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