Malnutrition, a rare form of child abuse: Diagnostic criteria

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 670-673

  Piercecchi Marti, Marie Dominique ^a   Louis Borrione, Claude ^b   Bartoli, Christophe ^a   Sanvoisin, Alain ^a   Panuel, Michel ^c   Pelissier Alicot, Anne Laure ^a   Leonetti, Georges ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c HÔPITAL NORD   (France)

Author keywords

Abuse; Forensic science; Kwashiorkor; Malnutrition; Marasmus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE LESION; CASE REPORT; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD DEATH; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; FEMALE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; KWASHIORKOR; MALNUTRITION; MARASMUS; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; VIOLENCE;

ACETONE; BILE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; CACHEXIA; CHILD ABUSE; DEHYDRATION; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; INFANT; PANCREAS; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION;

EID: 33646723694     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2006.00130.x     Document Type: Article

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