The youngest children, particularly in the first year of life, are the most vulnerable to physical
abuse. Skeletal survey is the universal screening examination in children 24 months of age …

In the United States, roughly one of every 100 children is subjected to some form of neglect
or abuse; inflicted injury is responsible for approximately 1,200 deaths per year. Child …

Born out of the need to recover, analyze, and present physical evidence on thousands of
individual victims of large-scale human rights violations, multi-national, multi-disciplinary …

Abstract Hydroxyapatite (HA, Ca 10 (PO 4) 6 (OH) 2) is the main constituent mineral of bone
and teeth in mammals. Due to its outstanding biocompatibility and osteoconductive …

In recent decades, there has been a dramatic increase in information from archaeological
skeletons about violent encounters that took place within and among societies, especially …

The identification of perimortem injuries from human remains is crucial in the forensic
evaluation of skeletal trauma. The purpose of this article is to review the criteria currently …

Much can be learned about cultural attitudes of violence towards children from the analyses
of their skeletal remains and mortuary patterns of the communities in which they lived and …

This excellently illustrated book, now in a revised and extended second edition, not only
describes the radiological findings which can be found in child abuse cases but also places …

OBJECTIVE. We conducted a systematic review of the literature to define the evidence for
radiologic dating of fractures in children in the context of child protection. CONCLUSION …

Rationale and Objectives. Development of new agents to induce fracture healing requires
more sensitive methods to detect early changes in fracture repair. The aims of this study …