Parents who kill their children

Pediatrics in Review

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Friedman, Susan Hatters ^a,b   Friedman, Joshua B ^c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c AUCKLAND DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD ABUSE; DENIAL; FILIXIC ACID; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INFANTICIDE; NEONATICIDE; PREGNANCY; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; PUERPERAL PSYCHOSIS; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

CHILD; DENIAL (PSYCHOLOGY); DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHERS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 76749107952     PISSN: 01919601     EISSN: 15263347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/pir.31-2-e10     Document Type: Review

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