Fatal child neglect: Characteristics, causation, and strategies for prevention

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 745-752

  Welch, Ginger L ^a,b   Bonner, Barbara L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Child abuse; Child death review; Fatal child neglect; Lack of supervision

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD DEATH; CHILD NEGLECT; CHILD SAFETY; CHILD WELFARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ETHNICITY; FATAL CHILD NEGLECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENTAL AGE; POPULATION RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; ADULT; AGED; CASE REPORT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY SIZE; FATALITY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; TRENDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BIRTH ORDER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OKLAHOMA; PARENTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885042227     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: 18737757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2013.05.008     Document Type: Article

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