Childhood disadvantage and emergency admission rates for common presentations in London: An exploratory analysis

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 221-226

  Kyle, Richard G ^a   Kukanova, Marina ^b   Campbell, Malcolm ^c   Wolfe, Ingrid ^b,d   Powell, Peter ^e   Callery, Peter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d WHITTINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e WEST SUFFOLK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; BREATHING DISORDER; CHILD; CROWDING; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMERGENCY WARD; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FEVER; HOMELESSNESS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOUSING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED KINGDOM; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITALIZATION; HOUSING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONDON; MALE; POVERTY; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 79951676875     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2009.180125     Document Type: Article

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