Considering Suffocatory Abuse and Munchausen by Proxy in the Evaluation of Children Experiencing Apparent Life-Threatening Events and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

Child Maltreatment

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 138-148

  Truman, Thomas L ^a   Ayoub, Catherine C ^b  

^a Tallahassee Memorial Hospital   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD WELFARE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANTICIDE; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MORTALITY; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME BY PROXY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; UNITED STATES;

ASPHYXIA; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANTICIDE; MALE; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME BY PROXY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036583570     PISSN: 10775595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077559502007002006     Document Type: Article

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