PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Ellaway, B A
AU  - Payne, E H
AU  - Rolfe, K
AU  - Dunstan, F D
AU  - Kemp, A M
AU  - Butler, I
AU  - Sibert, J R
TI  - Are abused babies protected from further abuse?
AID  - 10.1136/adc.2003.035493
DP  - 2004 Sep 01
TA  - Archives of Disease in Childhood
PG  - 845--846
VI  - 89
IP  - 9
4099  - http://adc.bmj.com/content/89/9/845.short
4100  - http://adc.bmj.com/content/89/9/845.full
SO  - Arch Dis Child2004 Sep 01; 89
AB  - A cohort of 69 physically abused babies under 1 year was followed for three years after the incident. Of the 49 babies who returned home following child protection investigations, 15 were further abused in the three year period, a re-abuse rate of 31%, which is grossly higher than the abuse rate in the general population.