Childhood head injuries: Accidental or inflicted?

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 11-15

  Reece, Robert M ^a   Sege, Robert ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILDHOOD INJURY; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; SKULL FRACTURE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKULL FRACTURES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0033957402     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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