Child deaths resulting from inflicted injuries: Household risk factors and perpetrator characteristics

Pediatrics

Volumn 116, Issue 5, 2005, Pages

  Schnitzer, Patricia G ^a,c   Ewigman, Bernard G ^b  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Case control study; Child abuse; Fatality; Inflicted injury; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD DEATH; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATALITY; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OFFENDER; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE PARENT; UNITED STATES; FAMILY SIZE; INFANT; INJURY; MORTALITY;

CAREGIVERS; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MISSOURI; PARENTS; RISK FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33644693836     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2005-0296     Document Type: Article

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