title: Child abuse and pediatric social illness: an epidemiological analysis and ecological reformulation.
abstract: Children under four years of age hospitalized for child abuse, domestic accidents, failure to thrive, and ingestions were matched with controls admitted for comparably acute medical conditions. A structured parental interview yielded significant case-control differences. Discriminant analysis suggested interrelationships among the case groups and cluster analysis identified three cohesive groups in terms of severity of symptoms. This reformulation provides a matrix for organizing data and an alternative to the present manifestational classification system.
mesh_terms: D000061:Accidents, Home; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000523:psychology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005183:Failure to Thrive / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D011041:Poisoning / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors