Shaken baby syndrome: Child protection issues when children sustain a subdural haemorrhage

Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 101-119

  Cobley, Cathy ^a   Sanders, Tom ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case series study; Child protection; Empirical research; Recommendations; Shaken Baby Syndrome; Subdural haemorrhage

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042825911     PISSN: 09649069     EISSN: 14699621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0964906032000113349     Document Type: Article

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