Infanticide

"Infanticide" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

MeSH information

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The killing of infants at birth or soon after.

Descriptor ID	D007237
MeSH Number(s)	I01.198.240.470.572
Concept/Terms	Infanticide Infanticide Infanticides

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Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena [I]
Social Sciences [I01]
Criminology [I01.198]
Crime [I01.198.240]
Homicide [I01.198.240.470]
Infanticide [I01.198.240.470.572]

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