Odds of abuse associated with retinal hemorrhages in children suspected of child abuse

Journal of AAPOS

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 268-272

  Binenbaum, Gil ^a,b   Mirza George, Naureen ^b   Christian, Cindy W ^a   Forbes, Brian J ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA HEMORRHAGE;

CHILD ABUSE; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PHILADELPHIA; PREVALENCE; RETINAL HEMORRHAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 67149136310     PISSN: 10918531     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaapos.2009.03.005     Document Type: Article

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