Child deaths from family violence in Dakahlia and Damiatta Governorates, Egypt

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 388-391

  El Hak, Seham A Gad ^a   Ali, Mahmoud A M ^b   El Atta, Hend M H Abo ^a  

^a MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b Mansoura Forensic Medicine Institute   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Child deaths; Egypt; Family violence; Filicide; Perpetrators

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLUNT TRAUMA; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EGYPT; FAMILY PLANNING; FAMILY VIOLENCE; FATHER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MOTHER; OFFENDER; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EGYPT; FATHERS; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MOTHERS; PUNISHMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 69349088276     PISSN: 1752928X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jflm.2009.04.010     Document Type: Article

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