Fracture patterns in battered children

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1991, Pages 428-433

  Loder, Randall T ^a   Bookout, Christopher ^a  

^a CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Battered children; Skull fracture; Tibia fracture

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BATTERED CHILD SYNDROME; CHILD ABUSE; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIOGRAPHY; SKULL FRACTURE;

BATTERED CHILD SYNDROME; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FRACTURES; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; SKULL FRACTURES;

EID: 0026305811     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: 15312291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005131-199112000-00007     Document Type: Article

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