Differential diagnosis of abuse injuries in infants and young children

Nurse Practitioner

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 15-37

  Mayer, Betty Wendt ^a   Burns, Patricia ^b  

^a Florida Emergency Physicians Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANAMNESIS; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; INFANT; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034302988     PISSN: 03611817     EISSN: 15388662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/20006205-200025100-00002     Document Type: Article

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