Inequalities in hospital admission rates for unintentional poisoning in young children

Injury Prevention

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 166-170

  Groom, L ^a   Kendrick, D ^a   Coupland, C ^a   Patel, B ^a   Hippisley Cox, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTOXICATION; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; POISONING; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 33745862735     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2005.011254     Document Type: Article

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