Using capture-recapture methods to better ascertain the incidence of fatal child maltreatment

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 396-402

  Palusci, Vincent J ^a   Wirtz, Stephen J ^b   Covington, Theresa M ^c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Safe and Active Communities Branch   (United States)

^c Michigan Public Health Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Capture recapture; Child death review; Child maltreatment fatality

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CAPTURE RECAPTURE METHOD; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD DEATH; CHILD WELFARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; FATALITY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; VITAL STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEATH CERTIFICATES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MICHIGAN;

EID: 77952886994     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2009.11.002     Document Type: Article

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