Cerebral palsy and socioeconomic status: A retrospective cohort study

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 15-18

  Sundrum, R ^a,b   Logan, S ^c   Wallace, A ^d   Spencer, N ^e  

^a Thelma Golding Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b Ealing Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

^c PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d West Sussex Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENGLAND; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 11144235660     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2002.018937     Document Type: Article

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