Shaken baby syndrome and a triple-dose strategy for its prevention

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1801-1807

  Stewart, Tanya Charyk ^a,b   Polgar, Denise ^a   Gilliland, Jason ^a   Tanner, David A ^a   Girotti, Murray J ^a,b   Parry, Neil ^a,b   Fraser, Douglas D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Evaluation; Geographic information systems; Shaken Baby Syndrome

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVER; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FAMILY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NURSE TRAINING; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BRAIN CONCUSSION; CHILD ABUSE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT WELFARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; ONTARIO; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PARENTS; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME;

EID: 84255199967     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31823c484a     Document Type: Conference Paper

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