From research to community action: An assessment of child and adolescent hospitalizations

Family and Community Health

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 16-27

  Sheppard, Vanessa B ^c   Hannon, Patrick M ^c   Barbosa, Cecilia E ^a   Pestian, John P ^b  

^a VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR PEDIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Child health; Children's hospitalization; Coalition development; Community empowerment; Discharge data

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040788442     PISSN: 01606379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003727-199904000-00004     Document Type: Article

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