Use of skeletal surveys to evaluate for physical abuse: Analysis of 703 consecutive skeletal surveys

Pediatrics

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Duffy, Shanna O ^a   Squires, Janet ^b   Fromkin, Janet B ^b   Berger, Rachel P ^b  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Abusive head trauma; Apparent life threatening event; Child physical abuse; Skeletal survey

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD PHYSICAL ABUSE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CHILDHOOD INJURY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FRACTURE; FRACTURE HEALING; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING TEST; SKELETAL SURVEY;

CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 78650790040     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2010-0298     Document Type: Article

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