Hospitalisations from birth to 5 years in a population cohort of Western Australian children with intellectual disability

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 90, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1243-1248

  Williams, K ^b,c   Leonard, H ^a   Tursan D'Espaignet, E ^a   Colvin, L ^a   Slack Smith, L ^b   Stanley, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c WA Department of Health   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BIOMEDICINE; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA BASE; FAMILY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MENTAL RETARDATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 22344438337     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2004.062422     Document Type: Article

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