Incidence and Age Distribution of Hospitalized Presumptive and Possible Abusive Head Trauma of Children Under 12 Months Old in Japan.
Yui YamaokaTakeo FujiwaraYoshihisa FujinoShinya MatsudaKiyohide FushimiPublished in: Journal of epidemiology (2019)
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.