Oro-facial trauma in child abuse fatalities

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 213-215

  Phillips, V M ^a   van der Heyde, Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BURN; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD NEGLECT; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; FACE INJURY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK INJURY; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MOUTH INJURY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; SOUTH AFRICA; STRANGULATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ASPHYXIA; BRAIN EDEMA; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOUTH; SOUTH AFRICA; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33645278631     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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