The presence of bruising associated with fractures

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 162, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 877-881

  Peters, Melissa L ^a,b   Starling, Suzanne P ^c   Barnes Eley, Myra L ^c   Heisler, Kurt W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF THE KING S DAUGHTERS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAPILLARY RESISTANCE; CHILD ABUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; LEG FRACTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL FRACTURE; VICTIM;

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTUSIONS; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TENNESSEE;

EID: 43549124616     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.162.9.877     Document Type: Article

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