Child abuse: Approach and management

American Family Physician

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 221-228

  Mcdonald, Kelly Colleen ^a,b  

^a WOMACK ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b US Army Health Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BURN; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD NEGLECT; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COUNSELING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMOTIONALITY; FRACTURE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL EXPERT; MORBIDITY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL ABUSE; SKIN BRUISING; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846416963     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: 0002838X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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