Social deprivation and childhood injuries in North and West Belfast

Ulster Medical Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 22-28

  Silversides, J A ^a   Gibson, A ^a   Glasgow, J F T ^a,c   Mercer, R ^b   Cran, G W ^a  

^a CHILD ACCIDENT PREVENTION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMERGENCY WARD; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRELAND; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEPRIVATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 21644439799     PISSN: 00416193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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