Systemic and ocular findings in 169 prospectively studied child deaths: retinal hemorrhages usually mean child abuse

Forensic Science International

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 117-132

  Gilliland, M G F ^a   Luckenbach, Martha W ^b   Chenier, Thomas C ^c  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b East Carolina University School of Allied Health Sciences Department of Biostatistics/Epidemiology ^*  (United States)

^c EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Ocular hemorrhages; Retinal hemorrhages; Shaken baby syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD DEATH; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; INTRAOCULAR HEMORRHAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; TRUNK;

EID: 0028000645     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0379-0738(94)90309-3     Document Type: Article

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