Fatal constriction of an 8-year-old child by her parents' pet python: a call for amendment to existing laws on the ownership of exotic wildlife to protect children from avoidable injury and death

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Published in:Child abuse & neglect 2003-09, Vol.27 (9), p.989
Main Authors: Omalu, Bennet I, Dominick, Joseph T, Uhrich, Timothy G, Wecht, Cyril H
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Animals
Animals, Wild
Boidae
Child
Child Welfare - legislation & jurisprudence
Constriction
Fatal Outcome
Female
Humans
Hypoxia, Brain - etiology
Hypoxia, Brain - pathology
Male
Ownership - legislation & jurisprudence
Parents
Pennsylvania
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ISSN:0145-2134
DOI:10.1016/S0145-2134(03)00163-7