The epidemiology of child homicides in South Africa.

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Published in Bull World Health Organ on May 31, 2013

Authors

Shanaaz Mathews1, Naeemah Abrahams, Rachel Jewkes, Lorna J Martin, Carl Lombard

Author Affiliations

1: Gender and Health Research Unit, Medical Research Council, PO Box 19070, Tygerberg 7405, Cape Town, South Africa. shanaaz.mathews@uct.ac.za

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