Trends in hospitalization rates and severity of injuries from abuse in young children, 1997-2009

Pediatrics

Volumn 131, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Farst, Karen ^a   Ambadwar, Pratibha B ^a   King, Andrew J ^a   Bird, T M ^a   Robbins, James M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Health policy; Injury; Maltreatment

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CHILDHOOD INJURY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; NEGRO; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84878706630     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2012-1464     Document Type: Article

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