Prediction of Child Abuse Risk from Emergency Department Use

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Guenther, Elisabeth ^a   Knight, Stacey ^a,b   Olson, Lenora M ^a,b   Dean, J Michael ^a,b   Keenan, Heather T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 58149528348     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2008.07.047     Document Type: Article

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