Household and neighbourhood risks for injury to 5-14 year old children

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 625-636

  Haynes, Robin ^a   Reading, Richard ^a   Gale, Susan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b Little Plumstead Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accidents; Children; Deprivation; Injury; Multilevel modelling; UK

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH RISK; INJURY; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; NEIGHBORHOOD; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENGLAND; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POVERTY AREAS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS; URBAN POPULATION; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0038460850     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(02)00446-X     Document Type: Article

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