Neighbourhood effects on hospitalization in early childhood

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 119-123

  Vu, Lan T H ^a   Muhajarine, Nazeem ^b,c  

^a HANOI UNIVERSITY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Viet Nam)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adverse birth outcomes; Children's hospitalization; Family income status; Neighbourhood effects

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SASKATCHEWAN; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 77954700060     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03404355     Document Type: Article

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