Morbidity at elementary school entry differs by sex and level of residence urbanization: A comparative cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Yang, Rea Jeng ^a   Sheu, Jiunn Jye ^b   Chen, Huey Shys ^c   Lin, Kuan Chia ^a   Huang, Hsiu Li ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CRYPTORCHISM; DENTAL CARIES; DYSARTHRIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART MURMUR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MYOPIA; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OBESITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; SCHEFF POST HOC TEST; SCOLIOSIS; SEX; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT; STUDENT ENTRY PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; STUDENT MEDICAL HISTORY INVENTORY; STUDENT T TEST; TAIWAN; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS;

CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MORBIDITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TAIWAN; URBANIZATION;

EID: 39049101954     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-7-358     Document Type: Article

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