The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 154, Issue 2 , Pages 272-277.e1 , February 2009

Prediction of Child Abuse Risk from Emergency Department Use

Presented in part at the national Pediatric Academic Societies/American Academy of Pediatrics meeting in Washington, DC, May 2005.

  • Elisabeth Guenther, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, University of Utah Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Dr. Elisabeth Guenther, Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, PO Box 581289, Salt Lake City, UT 84158
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  • Stacey Knight, Mstat

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Critical Care, University of Utah Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT
    • Intermountain Injury Control Research Center, University of Utah Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT
    • ,
  • Lenora M. Olson, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Critical Care, University of Utah Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT
    • Intermountain Injury Control Research Center, University of Utah Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT
    • ,
  • J. Michael Dean, MD, MBA

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Critical Care, University of Utah Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT
    • Intermountain Injury Control Research Center, University of Utah Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT
    • ,
  • Heather T. Keenan, MDCM, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Critical Care, University of Utah Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT
    • Intermountain Injury Control Research Center, University of Utah Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT

Received 29 March 2008 ,Revised 6 June 2008 ,Accepted 23 July 2008.

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 Supported by a National Institutes of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) grant for Dr. Guenther (K23HD043145). Partial support for all datasets within the Utah Population Database is being provided by the Huntsman Cancer Institute.

 The authors declare no potential conflicts of interest.

PII: S0022-3476(08)00629-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2008.07.047

The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 154, Issue 2 , Pages 272-277.e1 , February 2009

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