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Risk Factors for Infant Homicide in the United States
Ist Teil von
The New England journal of medicine, 1998-10, Vol.339 (17), p.1211-1216
Ort / Verlag
Boston, MA: Massachusetts Medical Society
Erscheinungsjahr
1998
Quelle
Free E-Journal (出版社公開部分のみ)
Beschreibungen/Notizen
Homicide is the leading cause of infant deaths due to injury, accounting for almost one third of such deaths in 1996.
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Among children and adolescents, homicides are most likely to occur in the first year of life, with similar or higher rates only during later adolescence.
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More than 80 percent of documented homicides in very young children can be viewed as fatal child abuse, and there is strong evidence that both homicides and fatal cases of child abuse are undercounted.
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In addition, almost one fourth of infants discharged from acute care facilities with disabilities due to injury are . . .