Social class inequalities in childhood mortality and morbidity in an English population

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 14-23

  Petrou, Stavros ^a   Kupek, Emil ^a   Hockley, Christine ^a   Goldacre, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Childhood hospitalisation; Childhood morbidity; Childhood mortality; Infant mortality; Social class

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; INTOXICATION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN PERIOD; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STATUS;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, HOSPITALIZED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENGLAND; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MORBIDITY; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 33645118819     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: 13653016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3016.2006.00688.x     Document Type: Article

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