Performance of screening tests for child physical abuse in accident and emergency departments

Health Technology Assessment

Volumn 12, Issue 33, 2008, Pages

  Woodman, J ^a   Pitt, M ^b   Wentz, R ^a   Taylor, B ^c   Hodes, D ^d   Gilbert, R E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d Camden Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EMERGENCY CARE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; LIAISON PSYCHIATRY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PATIENT REFERRAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SOCIAL WORK; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; INFANT; INJURY; MASS SCREENING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REVIEW; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT; MASS SCREENING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 64949101137     PISSN: 13665278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3310/hta12330     Document Type: Article

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