Neonaticidal mothers: Are more boys killed?

Medicine, Science and the Law

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 311-316

  Marleau, Jacques D ^a   Dubé, Myriam ^b   Léveillée, Suzanne ^c  

^a Institut Philippe Pinel de Montreal   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANTICIDE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NEWBORN; SEX ROLE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 9144255431     PISSN: 00258024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/rsmmsl.44.4.311     Document Type: Article

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