Newborns Killed or Left to Die by a Parent: A Population-Based Study

JAMA

Volumn 289, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1425-1429

  Herman Giddens, Marcia E ^a,b,f   Smith, Jamic B ^c   Mittal, Manjoo ^d   Carlson, Mandie ^e   Butts, John D ^e  

^a N Carolina Child Advocacy Institute   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d State Center for Health Statistics   (United States)

^e Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (North Carolina)   (United States)

^f NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; DROWNING; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANTICIDE; LAW; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRANGULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MARRIAGE; MOTHER; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANTICIDE; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MOTHERS; NORTH CAROLINA;

EID: 0037454261     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.289.11.1425     Document Type: Article

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