A population-based study of repeat hospital admissions due to interpersonal violence for children aged 0-9 years

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 239-244

  Meuleners, Lynn B ^a   Lee, Andy H ^a   Hendrie, Delia ^a,b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assault; Child mortality; Childhood injuries; Hospital admissions; Indigenous people; Interpersonal violence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; VICTIM; VIOLENCE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN RELATION; POPULATION GROUP; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PATIENT READMISSION; POPULATION GROUPS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 63449128469     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: 13653016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3016.2009.01022.x     Document Type: Article

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