Inflicted traumatic brain injury in infants and young children

Infants and Young Children

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 57-65

  Hymel, Kent P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain injury etiology; Child abuse; Children; Infant; Predictors of outcome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FOLLOW UP; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORBIDITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE;

EID: 0036799140     PISSN: 08963746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001163-200210000-00008     Document Type: Article

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