Area socioeconomic status and childhood injury morbidity in New South Wales, Australia

Injury Prevention

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 322-327

  Poulos, Roslyn ^a   Hayen, Andrew ^b   Finch, Caroline ^c   Zwi, Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, HOSPITALIZED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEW SOUTH WALES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 35548984419     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2007.015693     Document Type: Article

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