Perpetrators of abusive head trauma: A comparison of two geographic populations

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 463-465

  Starling, Suzanne P ^a,b   Holden, James R ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; VICTIM;

EID: 0034124828     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-200093050-00003     Document Type: Article

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