How children die: Classifying child deaths

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 96, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 922-926

  Pearson, G A ^a   Ward Platt, M ^b   Kelly, D ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD DEATH; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONGENITAL DISORDER; DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATE; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT CODING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN DEATH; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; SUICIDE;

CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEATH CERTIFICATES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 80052867438     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2009.177089     Document Type: Article

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