Socio-economic status and types of childhood injury in Alberta: A population based study

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Gilbride, Susan J ^a   Wild, Cameron ^a   Wilson, Douglas R ^a   Svenson, Lawrence W ^a   Spady, Donald W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD INJURY; DISLOCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE STRAIN; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPRAIN; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; WOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ALBERTA; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL WELFARE; URBAN POPULATION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33845448360     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-6-30     Document Type: Article

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