Medical and psychiatric comorbidity and health care use among children 6 to 17 years old

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 159, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 231-237

  Spady, Donald W ^a,c   Schopflocher, Donald P ^b   Svenson, Lawrence W ^b   Thompson, Angus H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b ALBERTA ENVIRONMENT AND PARKS   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRONCHITIS; CANADA; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SERVICE; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; MENTAL DISEASE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINUSITIS; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BRONCHITIS; CANADA; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FEMALE UROGENITAL DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MALE UROGENITAL DISEASES; MENSTRUATION DISTURBANCES; MENTAL DISORDERS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POISONING; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SINUSITIS;

EID: 14744268642     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.159.3.231     Document Type: Article

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