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Can the Initial History Predict Whether a Child With a Head Injury Has Been Abused?

Joeli Hettler and David S. Greenes
Pediatrics March 2003, 111 (3) 602-607; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.111.3.602
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vol. 111 no. 3 602-607
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.111.3.602
PubMed 
12612243

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American Academy of Pediatrics
Print ISSN 
0031-4005
Online ISSN 
1098-4275
History 
  • Received March 7, 2002
  • Accepted August 26, 2002
  • Published online March 1, 2003.

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  1. Joeli Hettler, MD,
  2. David S. Greenes, MD
  1. From the Division of Emergency Medicine, Children’s Hospital, Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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