Abandonment of newborn infants: A Danish forensic medical survey 1997-2008

Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 317-321

  Gheorghe, Alexandra ^a,b   Banner, Jytte ^c   Hansen, Steen Holger ^b   Stolborg, Uffe ^d   Lynnerup, Niels ^e  

^a University of Copenhagen ^*  (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d Odense Forensic Institute   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Infanticide; Neonatal abandonment; Neonatel disposal; Neonaticide

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053333124     PISSN: 1547769X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12024-011-9253-6     Document Type: Article

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