Physicians' initial forensic impressions of hypothetical cases of pediatric traumatic brain injury

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 329-342

  Laskey, Antoinette L ^a   Sheridan, Michael J ^b   Hymel, Kent P ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INOVA FAIRFAX HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c INOVA FAIRFAX HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

Accidental trauma; Case definition; Inflicted trauma; Survey; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD NEGLECT; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; PATHOLOGIST; PEDIATRICIAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RATING SCALE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ACCIDENTS; BRAIN INJURIES; DATA COLLECTION; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34247479467     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2006.02.017     Document Type: Article

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