Advances in clinical forensic medicine

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 304-308

  Santucci, Karen A ^a   Hsiao, Allen L ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD ABUSE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CLINICAL MEDICINE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; INJURY; LEGAL ASPECT; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEXUAL CRIME; SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME; THERMAL INJURY;

BURNS; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; INFANT; SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME;

EID: 0037952636     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008480-200306000-00014     Document Type: Review

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