Does the decline in child injury mortality vary by social class? A comparison of class specific mortality in 1981 and 1991

BMJ

Volumn 313, Issue 7060, 1996, Pages 784-786

  Roberts, Ian ^a   Power, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEATH; HUMAN; INFANT; INTOXICATION; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

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

EID: 4544343878     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.313.7060.784     Document Type: Article

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