Sentinel injuries in infants evaluated for child physical abuse

Pediatrics

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 701-707

  Sheets, Lynn K ^a,b   Leach, Matthew E ^c   Koszewski, Ian J ^d   Lessmeier, Ashley M ^a   Nugent, Melodee ^a   Simpson, Pippa ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Abuse; Abusive head trauma; Bruising; Infants; Maltreatment; Screening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD ABUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MOUTH INJURY; PHYSICAL ABUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENTINEL INJURY;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD ABUSE; CONTUSIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOUTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84875986416     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2012-2780     Document Type: Article

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