Does bruising help determine which fractures are caused by abuse?

Child Maltreatment

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 376-381

  Valvano, Thomas J ^a   Binns, Helen J ^b   Flaherty, Emalee G ^b   Leonhardt, Dan E ^c  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Emanuel Children's Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Abuse; Bruise; Fracture

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CONTUSION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

CAUSALITY; CHICAGO; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTUSIONS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 70350557084     PISSN: 10775595     EISSN: 15526119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077559508326356     Document Type: Article

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