Characteristics of infant homicides: Findings from a U.S. multisite reporting system

Pediatrics

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Fujiwara, Takeo ^a,b   Barber, Catherine ^a   Schaechter, Judy ^c   Hemenway, David ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

Child abuse; Homicide; Shaken baby syndrome; Violence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIME; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANTICIDE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE; WEAPON;

ADULT; CAREGIVERS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD ABUSE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECEPTION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANTICIDE; MALE; MOTIVATION; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67749127438     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-3675     Document Type: Article

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