A retrospective population-based study of childhood hospital admissions with record linkage to a birth defects registry

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Colvin, Lyn ^a   Bower, Carol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH DEFECT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZED CHILD; HUMAN; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVE BIRTH; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; AGE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGENITAL DISORDER; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, HOSPITALIZED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; PATIENT ADMISSION; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 67649703880     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-9-32     Document Type: Article

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