Assessing the accuracy of the international Classification of Diseases codes to identify abusive head trauma: A feasibility study

Injury Prevention

Volumn 21, Issue E1, 2015, Pages e133-e137

  Berger, Rachel P ^a   Parks, Sharyn ^b   Fromkin, Janet ^a   Rubin, Pamela ^a   Pecora, Peter J ^c  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD ABUSE; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDS;

BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84938830712     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/injuryprev-2013-040924     Document Type: Article

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