Fatal child maltreatment: Characteristics of deaths from physical abuse versus neglect

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 735-744

  Damashek, Amy ^a   Nelson, Melanie McDiarmid ^b   Bonner, Barbara L ^b  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Child fatalities; Child neglect

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD DEATH; CHILD NEGLECT; CHILD WELFARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYING; FAMILY STUDY; FATAL CHILD MALTREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OFFENDER; PHYSICAL ABUSE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES; VICTIM; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HISPANIC; INFANT; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRENDS;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; OKLAHOMA; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84885033685     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: 18737757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2013.04.014     Document Type: Article

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