Minor illness and injury: Factors influencing attendance at a paediatric accident and emergency department

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 629-633

  Hendry, S J ^a,b   Beattie, T F ^b   Heaney, D ^c  

^a BRISTOL ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHILDHOOD INJURY; COPING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PARENTS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SCOTLAND; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 20344384754     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2004.049502     Document Type: Review

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