Risk Factors for Infant Homicide in the United States
- 22 October 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in The New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 339 (17), 1211-1216
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199810223391706
Abstract
Homicide is the leading cause of infant deaths due to injury. More than 80 percent of infant homicides are considered to be fatal child abuse. This study assessed the timing of deaths and risk factors for infant homicide.Keywords
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