Incidence of fractures among children with burns with concern regarding abuse

Pediatrics

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  DeGraw, Marcus ^a   Hicks, Ralph A ^b   Lindberg, Daniel ^c  

^a ST JOHN HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Burn; Child abuse; Fracture; Skeletal survey

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BURN; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HEALING; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METAPHYSIS; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BONE AND BONES; BRAIN INJURIES; BURNS; CHILD ABUSE; CONTUSIONS; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 76049122485     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2009-1478     Document Type: Article

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