Burn injuries inflicted on children or the elderly: A framework for clinical and forensic assessment

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Greenbaum, Adam R ^a   Horton, J Bauer ^b   Williams, Cameron J ^b   Shah, Mamta ^b   Dunn, Kenneth W ^b  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSAULT; BATTERED CHILD SYNDROME; BATTERING; BURN; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD NEGLECT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMOGRAPHY; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NEGLECT; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VIOLENCE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; BURNS; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; ELDER ABUSE; HUMANS; MANDATORY REPORTING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33746673313     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000227620.31296.2c     Document Type: Review

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