Injury biomechanics and child abuse

Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 10, Issue , 2008, Pages 85-106

  Pierce, Mary Clyde ^a   Bertocci, Gina ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Abusive head trauma; Fractures; Inflicted trauma; Modeling; Pediatric injuries

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BIOPHYSICS; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; MECHANICS; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; RESEARCH;

ABUSIVE HEAD TRAUMA; CHILD ABUSE; COMPUTER MODELLING; CRITICAL DECISIONS; EMPIRICAL DATA; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINES; FRACTURES; FUTURE RESEARCH; INFLICTED TRAUMA; INJURY BIOMECHANICS; LEGAL SYSTEMS; MODELING; PEDIATRIC INJURIES; RESEARCH STUDIES; RIGOROUS APPROACH; SOCIAL SERVICES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG CHILDREN;

HEALTH;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOMECHANICS; CHILD ABUSE; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER MODEL; HUMAN; REVIEW; STIMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORENSIC MEDICINE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

BIOMECHANICS; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FORENSIC MEDICINE;

EID: 50249131398     PISSN: 15239829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.bioeng.9.060906.151907     Document Type: Review

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