Pattern of burns in child abuse

American Surgeon

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 253-255

  Ojo, Peter ^a   Palmer, John ^b   Garvey, Richard ^b   Atweh, Nabil ^c   Fidler, Philip ^b  

^a HOSPITAL OF SAINT RAPHAEL   (United States)

^b BRIDGEPORT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TAP WATER;

ARTICLE; BURN; CHILD ABUSE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; OFFENDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCALD; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; INFANT; INJURY SCALE; MALE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

BURN UNITS; BURNS; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONNECTICUT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 34147112829     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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