Follow-up skeletal surveys in suspected child abuse

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 167, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 893-896

  Kleinman, Paul K ^a   Nimkin, Katherine ^a   Spevak, Melissa R ^a   Rayder, Shawn M ^a   Madansky, Deborah L ^b   Shelton, Yvonne A ^a   Patterson, Miki M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE INJURY; CHILD ABUSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FRACTURE; HUMAN; INFANT; METAPHYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RIB FRACTURE;

EID: 0029763590     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.167.4.8819377     Document Type: Article

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