Observational study of suspected maltreatment in Italian paediatric emergency departments

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 406-410

  Palazzi, S ^a,b   De Girolamo, G ^c   Liverani, T ^c  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD NEGLECT; CONSULTATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMERGENCY WARD; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; ITALY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ITALY; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 16844362265     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2003.040790     Document Type: Article

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