Assessment of factors resulting in abuse evaluations in young children with minor head trauma

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 405-413

  Anderst, James D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Head injury; Pediatrics; Shaken baby syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD CARE; CHILD SAFETY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TEXAS;

EID: 41549154736     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2007.06.007     Document Type: Article

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