Unsettled infant behaviour and health service use: A cross-sectional community survey in Melbourne, Australia

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 818-823

  McCallum, Sonia M ^a   Rowe, Heather J ^a   Gurrin, Lyle ^a   Quinlivan, Julie A ^b   Rosenthal, Doreen A ^a   Fisher, Jane R W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (Australia)

Author keywords

health services need and demand; health services research; health care survey; infant behaviour

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDINBURGH POSTNATAL DEPRESSION SCALE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; MENTAL HEALTH; PARENTAL STRESS; PARENTING EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; VICTORIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79961128740     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2011.02032.x     Document Type: Article

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