Prevalence and social patterning of limiting long-term illness/disability in children and young people under the age of 20 years in 2001: UK census-based cross-sectional study

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 566-573

  Spencer, N J ^a   Blackburn, C M ^a   Read, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; CENSUSES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABLED CHILDREN; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954754152     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: 13652214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2009.01053.x     Document Type: Article

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