Child starvation and neglect: A report of two fatal cases

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 171-174

  Solarino, Biagio ^a   Grattagliano, Ignazio ^a   Catanesi, Roberto ^a   Tsokos, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Forensic science; Lethal neglect; Parental rejection; Starvation

Indexed keywords

SUGAR; UREA; WATER;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ALOPECIA; ANEMIA; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BONE AGE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CACHEXIA; CASE REPORT; CHICKEN; CHILD; CHILD NEGLECT; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEHYDRATION; ECCHYMOSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; FOOD ASPIRATION; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; FRACTURE HEALING; HEMATOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANTICIDE; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE ULCER; MALNUTRITION; MILK; MUSCLE ATROPHY; ORGAN WEIGHT; OSTEOCLAST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRISON; PUNISHMENT; PYELONEPHRITIS; RESUSCITATION; RICKETS; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN ABRASION; SKIN ATROPHY; SKIN BRUISING; STAB WOUND; STARVATION; STOMACH ULCER; THYMUS ATROPHY; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ALOPECIA; BODY WEIGHT; BONE AND BONES; BRAIN EDEMA; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; DEHYDRATION; EMACIATION; FATTY LIVER; FECAL IMPACTION; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; INFANT; LUNG; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; ORGAN SIZE; PYELONEPHRITIS; RESPIRATORY ASPIRATION; STARVATION; UREA; VITREOUS BODY; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84858070812     PISSN: 1752928X     EISSN: 18787487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jflm.2011.10.004     Document Type: Article

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