Prevalence of abusive injuries in siblings and household contacts of physically abused children

Pediatrics

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 193-201

  Lindberg, Daniel M ^a,b   Shapiro, Robert A ^c   Laskey, Antoinette L ^d   Pallin, Daniel J ^a,b   Blood, Emily A ^b   Berger, Rachel P ^e  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Children's Health Services Research   (United States)

^e CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Abuse; Screening; Siblings; Skeletal survey

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; NEUROIMAGING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING TEST; SIBLING; TWINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864497032     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2012-0085     Document Type: Article

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