Why is there a multi-fold difference in diagnosis of abuse among infants with long bone fracture in East Anglia compared with Sweden?

Arch Dis Child. 2019 Nov;104(11):1122. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2019-317232. Epub 2019 Jun 4.

Authors

Ulf Högberg¹, Jacob Andersson², Göran Högberg³, Ingemar Thiblin²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Women's and Children's Health, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
² Forensic Medicine, Department of Surgical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
³ Formerly Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Unit, Deparment of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.

PMID: 31164377
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2019-317232

No abstract available

Keywords: child abuse; fracture; infant; metabolic bone disease.

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Child
Child Abuse*
Child, Preschool
Fractures, Bone*
Humans
Infant
Physical Abuse
Sweden
United Kingdom