Adolescent Pregnancy and Homicide: Findings from the Maryland Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, 1994-1998

Child Maltreatment

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 122-128

  Krulewitch, Cara J ^a,b   Roberts, Darryl W ^a,c   Thompson, Linda S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^c United States Department of Education   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent pregnancy; Adolescents; Homicide

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CORONER; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CORONERS AND MEDICAL EXAMINERS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; MARYLAND; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0041851059     PISSN: 10775595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077559502250829     Document Type: Article

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