The tip of the iceberg for child abuse: The critical roles of the pediatric trauma service and its registry

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1189-1198

  Chang, David C ^a   Knight, Vinita ^b   Ziegfeld, Susan ^b   Haider, Adil ^c   Warfield, Dawn ^b   Paidas, Charles ^b,d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Diagnostic index; Trauma

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BURN; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILDHOOD INJURY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EMERGENCY WARD; EYE CONTUSION; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RIB FRACTURE; SEX RATIO; SKULL FRACTURE; TRAUMATOLOGY;

BALTIMORE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 11144233211     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TA.0000145076.05111.E1     Document Type: Article

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