Serious injuries in children: Variation by area deprivation and settlement type

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 485-489

  Edwards, P ^a   Green, J ^a   Lachowycz, K ^a   Grundy, C ^a   Roberts, I ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CYCLING; FALLING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; INJURY SEVERITY; NEWBORN; PEDESTRIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; URBAN AREA; DROWNING; FEMALE; HEALTH; INTOXICATION; MALE; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DROWNING; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; POISONING; POVERTY AREAS; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 45549084456     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2007.116541     Document Type: Article

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