Gender disparity in paediatric hospital admissions

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 882-888

  Hon, Kam Lun Ellis ^a,b   Nelson, Edmund A S ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Males; Morbidity

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; BRONCHIOLITIS; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PEDIATRIC WARD; PNEUMONIA; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; WHEEZING; ARTICLE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEART DISEASE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; KIDNEY DISEASE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HEART DISEASES; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASES; HONG KONG; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFANT; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; PATIENT ADMISSION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 33847718634     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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