Capture-recapture to estimate the number of street children in a city in Brazil

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 222-224

  Gurgel, R Q ^b   Da Fonseca, J D C ^b   Neyra Castaneda D ^b   Gill, G V ^a   Cuevas, L E ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SERGIPE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAZIL; BUDGET; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD WELFARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; REVIEW; SOCIAL PROBLEM; STREET CHILDREN; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HOMELESSNESS; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HOMELESS YOUTH; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OCCUPATIONS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 1542287319     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2002.023481     Document Type: Review

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