The health status of southern children: A neglected regional disparity

Pediatrics

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 2005, Pages

  Goldhagen, Jeffrey ^a,b   Remo, Radley ^a   Bryant III, Thomas ^a   Wludyka, Peter ^c   Dailey, Amy ^a   Wood, David ^a,b   Watts, Graham ^a   Livingood, William ^a,b  

^a Duval County Health Department   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Child health status; Epidemiologic methods; Geographic location; Health disparity; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; ECONOMIC ASPECT; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PUBLIC POLICY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745909057     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2005-0366     Document Type: Article

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