The social determinants of child health: Variations across health outcomes - A population-based cross-sectional analysis

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Victorino, Charlemaigne C ^a,b   Gauthier, Anne H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EAR INFECTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; HEADACHE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIGRAINE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; POVERTY; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; SKIN ALLERGY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILD WELFARE; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY SIZE; HEALTH STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT; MALE; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 69849098202     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-9-53     Document Type: Article

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