The number of illegally abandoned and legally surrendered newborns in the State of Texas, estimated from news stories, 1996-2006

Child Maltreatment

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 89-93

  Pruitt, Sandi L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Child welfare services child protection; Descriptive research; Homicide; Infants; Legal aspects; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CHILD WELFARE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; NEWBORN; POLICY; PUBLICATION; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES;

CHILD, ABANDONED; CHILD, UNWANTED; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEWSPAPERS; PUBLIC POLICY; TEXAS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 37649021058     PISSN: 10775595     EISSN: 15526119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077559507307840     Document Type: Article

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