Ambulatory Pediatrics
Volume 2, Issue 2 , Pages 120-126 , March 2002

Assessment of Suspicion of Abuse in the Primary Care Setting

  • Emalee Gottbrath Flaherty, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Emalee Gottbrath Flaherty, MD, Children's Memorial Hospital, Box 16, 2300 Children's Plaza, Chicago, IL 60614
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  • Robert Sege, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • From Children's Memorial Hospital, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Ill (Dr Flaherty, Ms Mattson, and Dr Binns); and the New England Medical Center, Boston, Mass (Dr Sege)
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  • Christine L. Mattson, BS

      Affiliations

    • From Children's Memorial Hospital, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Ill (Dr Flaherty, Ms Mattson, and Dr Binns); and the New England Medical Center, Boston, Mass (Dr Sege)
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  • Helen J. Binns, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • From Children's Memorial Hospital, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Ill (Dr Flaherty, Ms Mattson, and Dr Binns); and the New England Medical Center, Boston, Mass (Dr Sege)
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  • for the Pediatric Practice Research Group

Received 19 August 2001 ,Accepted 20 November 2001.

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 Presented in part at the Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting, Boston, Mass, May 14, 1999.

PII: S1530-1567(05)60093-7

doi: 10.1367/1539-4409(2002)002<0120:AOSOAI>2.0.CO;2

Ambulatory Pediatrics
Volume 2, Issue 2 , Pages 120-126 , March 2002

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