Head injury - Abuse or accident?

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 393-397

  Wilkins, Barry ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INJURY; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; FALLING; FRACTURE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA HEMORRHAGE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; BIOMECHANICS; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL; HUMANS; INFANT; KINETICS;

EID: 0030992936     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.76.5.393     Document Type: Article

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