Characteristics of child abuse homicides in the state of Kansas from 1994 to 2007

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 147-154

  Kajese, Tanyaradzwa M ^a   Nguyen, Linh T ^a   Pham, Giao Q ^a   Pham, Van K ^a   Melhorn, Katherine ^a   Kallail, K James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE WICHITA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child abuse homicide; Kansas

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD DEATH; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MALE; OFFENDER; PRENATAL CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KANSAS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952630460     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2010.11.002     Document Type: Article

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