Demographics of abusive head trauma in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 351-356

  Kesler, Henry ^a,b   Dias, Mark S ^a   Shaffer, Michele ^a   Rottmund, Carroll ^a   Cappos, Kelly ^a   Thomas, Neal J ^a  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b STRONG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Abusive head trauma; Shaken baby syndrome; Shaken impact syndrome

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PARENT; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; VICTIM;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; PENNSYLVANIA; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 43449106207     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/PED/2008/1/5/351     Document Type: Article

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