The care and health needs off children in residential care in the Maltese Islands

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 251-262

  Muscat Baron, A ^a,c   Muscat Baron, Y ^a   Spencer, N J ^b  

^a ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (Malta)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c Community Child Health ^*  (Malta)

Author keywords

Carers; Children's Residential Homes; Developmental assessment; Medical examination

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFANT; MALTA; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALTA; PREVALENCE; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES;

EID: 0035344611     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2214.2001.00200.x     Document Type: Article

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