Maternal risk factors for potential maltreatment deaths among healthy singleton and twin infants

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 778-785

  Luke, Barbara ^a,b   Brown, Morton B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD ABUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MORTALITY; PARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH; TWINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35348970825     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/twin.10.5.778     Document Type: Article

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