The Journal of Emergency Medicine
Volume 36, Issue 2 , Pages 207-214 , February 2009

Association of Injury Visits in Children and Child Maltreatment Reports

Presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies 2005 Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, May 2005.

  • Maria I. Spivey, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Division of Emergency Medicine/Child Protection and Forensic Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding Address: Maria Spivey, md, St. Louis Children's Hospital, One Children's Place, St. Louis, MO 63110-1077
    • ,
  • Patricia G. Schnitzer, PHD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family and Community Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Missouri – Columbia, Columbia, Missouri
    • ,
  • Robin L. Kruse, PHD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family and Community Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Missouri – Columbia, Columbia, Missouri
    • ,
  • Paula Slusher, RN, MSN

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family and Community Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Missouri – Columbia, Columbia, Missouri
    • ,
  • David M. Jaffe, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Division of Emergency Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri

Received 2 August 2006 ,Revised 2 February 2007 ,Accepted 25 July 2007.

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PII: S0736-4679(07)00641-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2007.07.025

The Journal of Emergency Medicine
Volume 36, Issue 2 , Pages 207-214 , February 2009

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