Health of children looked after by the local authorities

Public Health

Volumn 118, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 370-376

  Rodrigues, Veena C ^a,b  

^a West Park Hospital Epsom   (United Kingdom)

^b Suffolk and Norfolk Research and Development Group of GPs (SAND)   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health needs; Local authorities; Looked after children; Statutory medical examinations

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS POLIOMYELITIS TETANUS VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; MENINGITIS VACCINE;

CHILD HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CASE STUDY; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIPHTHERIA; EDUCATION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASLES; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MENINGITIS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MUMPS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERTUSSIS; PHYSICAL DISEASE; POLIOMYELITIS; PUBLISHING; REVIEW; RUBELLA; TETANUS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 2642565155     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2003.10.009     Document Type: Article

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