Child abuse and unintentional injuries: A 10-year retrospective

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 16-22

  DiScala, Carla ^a,b,c   Sege, Robert ^a   Li, Guohua ^b   Reece, Robert M ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ARTICLE; BATTERED CHILD SYNDROME; BRAIN INJURY; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; HUMAN; INFANT; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0033961461     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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