An audit of skeletal surveys for suspected non-accidental injury following publication of the British Society of Paediatric Radiology guidelines

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 651-656

  Swinson, S ^a   Tapp, M ^a   Brindley, R ^a   Chapman, S ^a   Offiah, A ^b   Johnson, K ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE INJURY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

BONE AND BONES; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; GREAT BRITAIN; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKULL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 42749089562     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2007.11.010     Document Type: Article

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