Childcare and health: A review of using linked national registers

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 126-130

  Kamper Jørgensen, Mads ^a,b   Stabell Benn, Christine ^b   Wohlfahrt, Jan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Childcare; Denmark; epidemiology; health; hospitalisation; infectious disease; linkage; register

Indexed keywords

CHILD WELFARE; DAY CARE; DENMARK; FACTUAL DATABASE; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INFANT; INFECTION; NEOPLASM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGISTER; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD;

CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DENMARK; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INFANT; INFECTION; NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79960808022     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: 16511905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494810395826     Document Type: Review

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