Incidence and age distribution of hospitalized presumptive and possible abusive head trauma of children under 12 months old in Japan.

CONCLUSIONS: This is the first study to report the incidence of hospitalized children with presumptive and possible AHT using population-based data. Further datasets are needed to evaluate the incidence and specific preventive strategies to prevent AHT in infants during the months of highest risk. PMID: 30713261 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of Epidemiology - Category: Epidemiology Tags: J Epidemiol Source Type: research