Do Inter-Country Differences in the Frequency of Abusive Head Trauma Reflect Different Proportions of Overdiagnosis of Abuse or True Differences in Abuse?

• Ulf Högberg,
• Waney Squier,
• Jacob Andersson,
• Göran Högberg,
• Vineta Fellman,
• Ingemar Thiblin,
• Knut Wester

Affiliations

Ulf Högberg

Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

Waney Squier

Department of Neuropathology, Oxford University John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom (Formerly; retired)

Jacob Andersson

Forensic Medicine, Department of Surgical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

Göran Högberg

Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Unit, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden (Formerly; retired)

Vineta Fellman

Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund, Pediatrics, Lund University, Lund, Sweden

Ingemar Thiblin

Forensic Medicine, Department of Surgical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

Knut Wester

Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen and Department of Neurosurgery, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway