Bruising Characteristics Discriminating Physical Child Abuse From Accidental Trauma
- 1 January 2010
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) in PEDIATRICS
- Vol. 125 (1), 67-74
- https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2008-3632
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Our objective was to conduct a pilot study to identify discriminating bruising characteristics and to model those findings into a decision tool for screening children at high risk for abuse.This publication has 20 references indexed in Scilit:
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