Depressed skull fractures: A pattern of abusive head injury in three older children

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1323-1329

  Lee, Anselm C W ^a   Ou, Yvonne ^a   Fong, Dawson ^a  

^a TUEN MUN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Hammer; Head injury; Homicide; Physical abuse; Skull fracture

Indexed keywords

BLUNT TRAUMA; BRAIN CONTUSION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CHILD ABUSE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANIOTOMY; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL RECORD; METACARPAL BONE FRACTURE; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SKULL BASE FRACTURE;

EID: 0345686410     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2003.05.002     Document Type: Article

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