Rates and types of hospitalisations for children who have subsequent contact with the child protection system: A population based case-control study

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 784-788

  O'Donnell, M ^a   Nassar, N ^a   Leonard, H ^a   Jacoby, P ^a   Mathews, R ^b   Patterson, Y ^b   Stanley, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; DESIGN; DISEASE TREATMENT; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SERVICES; HOSPITAL SECTOR; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; INJURY; LOGISTICS; MENTAL HEALTH; MORBIDITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVEILLANCE AND ENFORCEMENT;

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD WELFARE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD WELFARE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; YOUNG ADULT;

AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 77957287161     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2009.093393     Document Type: Article

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