Underascertainment of child abuse fatalities in France: Retrospective analysis of judicial data to assess underreporting of infant homicides in mortality statistics

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 534-544

  Tursz, Anne ^a   Crost, Monique ^a   Gerbouin Rérolle, Pascale ^a   Cook, Jon M ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Child abuse fatality; Epidemiology; France; Homicide underascertainment; Infant homicide; Judicial data; Neonaticide; Shaken baby syndrome; Vital statistics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD ABUSE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FATALITY; FEMALE; FORENSIC SCIENCE; FRANCE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANTICIDE; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JURISPRUDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; ADULT; CAUCASIAN; EPIDEMIOLOGY; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MORTALITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS;

ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD ABUSE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANTICIDE; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH;

EID: 77953725583     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2009.12.005     Document Type: Article

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