Childhood homicide: A 1990-2000 retrospective study at the Institute of Legal Medicine in Lausanne, Switzerland

Medicine, Science and the Law

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 203-206

  Romain, Nathalie ^a   Michaud, Katarzyna ^a   Horisberger, Beat ^a   Brandt Casadevall, Conxita ^a   Krompecher, Thomas ^a   Mangin, Patrice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CENTER OF LEGAL MEDICINE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BATTERED CHILD SYNDROME; BRAIN INJURY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD WELFARE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; FATALITY; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDICAL RECORD; MOTHER; NEWBORN MORTALITY; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME; CHILD ABUSE; CLASSIFICATION; FATHER; FEMALE; INFANT; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; SWITZERLAND;

CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FATHERS; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOTHERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0042697121     PISSN: 00258024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/rsmmsl.43.3.203     Document Type: Review

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