Deaths from injury in children and employment status in family: Analysis of trends in class specific death rates

British Medical Journal

Volumn 333, Issue 7559, 2006, Pages 119-121

  Edwards, Phil ^a   Green, Judith ^a   Roberts, Ian ^a   Lutchmun, Suzanne ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b ST PANCRAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEATH; CONSENSUS; CYCLING; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FAMILY; HEALTH STATISTICS; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; INTOXICATION; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; OCCUPATION; PARENT; PEDESTRIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM; EMPLOYMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMPLOYMENT; ENGLAND; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MORTALITY; POISONING; SOCIAL CLASS; SURVIVAL RATE; WALES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33746233342     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.38875.757488.4F     Document Type: Article

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