Parent reported longstanding health problems in early childhood: A cohort study

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 88, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 570-573

  Spencer, N ^a   Coe, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARENT; PARENT REPORT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MALE; NEWBORN; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ABNORMALITIES; ASTHMA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 0038507346     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.88.7.570     Document Type: Article

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