Reviewing child deaths - Learning from the American experience

Child Abuse Review

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 82-96

  Bunting, Lisa ^a   Reid, Colin ^a  

^a National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child death; Child death review; Child fatality review

Indexed keywords

EID: 17844372244     PISSN: 09529136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/car.886     Document Type: Article

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