Head injury secondary to suspected child maltreatment: Results of a prospective Canadian national surveillance program

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 930-936

  Bennett, Susan ^a   Ward, Michelle ^a   Moreau, Katherine ^a   Fortin, Gilles ^b   King, Jim ^a   MacKay, Morag ^c   Plint, Amy ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c European Child Safety Alliance   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abuse; Child maltreatment; Head injury; Incidence; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD DEATH; CHILD NEGLECT; CHILD WELFARE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PEDIATRICIAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD;

CANADA; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 82655177936     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: 18737757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2011.05.018     Document Type: Article

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