Are abusive fractures in young children becoming less common?. Changes over 24 years

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 311-322

  Leventhal, John M ^a   Larson, Ilse A ^a   Abdoo, Denise ^b   Singaracharlu, Sujatha ^a   Takizawa, Carolina ^a   Miller, Cindy ^a   Goodman, T R ^a   Schwartz, Dana ^a   Grasso, Susanne ^a   Ellingson, Katherine ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Epidemiolgy; Fractures; Pediatric hospital

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CLAVICLE FRACTURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FAMILY; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FIBULA FRACTURE; FOOT FRACTURE; GENDER; HAND FRACTURE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; INFANT; INFORMATION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEWBORN; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOLOGIST; RADIUS FRACTURE; RATING SCALE; RIB FRACTURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE; SKULL FRACTURE; TIBIA FRACTURE; ULNA FRACTURE;

AGE FACTORS; BATTERED CHILD SYNDROME; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONNECTICUT; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; ODDS RATIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 34247547053     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2006.07.004     Document Type: Article

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