Disparities in child abuse mortality are not explained by injury severity

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1031-1037

  Falcone Jr , Richard A ^a   Brown, Rebeccah L ^a   Garcia, Victor F ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Health disparity; Maltreatment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY SEVERITY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RACE DIFFERENCE;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSURANCE COVERAGE; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; ODDS RATIO; OHIO; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; THORACIC INJURIES; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34249813738     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2007.01.038     Document Type: Article

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