Post-mortem skeletal surveys in suspected non-accidental injury

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 868-876

  Hughes Roberts, Y ^a   Arthurs, O J ^a   Moss, H ^a   Set, P A K ^a  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOPSY; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; LIVE SKELETAL SURVEY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; NON ACCIDENTAL INJURY; POST MORTEM SKELETAL SURVEY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW;

EID: 84864398613     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: 1365229X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2012.01.020     Document Type: Article

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