Changes in rates of violent child deaths in England and Wales between 1974 and 2008: An analysis of national mortality data

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 193-199

  Sidebotham, Peter ^a   Atkins, Ben ^a   Hutton, Jane L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD DEATH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; POLICE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MALE; MORTALITY; SEX FACTORS; VIOLENCE; WALES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857237435     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2010.207647     Document Type: Article

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