Applications of Biomechanics Aiding in the Diagnosis of Child Abuse

Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 194-199

  Bertocci, Gina ^a,b   Pierce, Mary Clyde ^b  

^a University of Louisville   (United States)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

biomechanics; child abuse; injury

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BABOON; BIOMECHANICS; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY POSITION; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; BRAIN INJURY; CHILD ABUSE; CHILDHOOD INJURY; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; FALLING; FEMUR FRACTURE; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCESS MODEL; SWINE; TRAUMATOLOGY;

EID: 33750615202     PISSN: 15228401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpem.2006.06.006     Document Type: Article

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