Hospitalisation rates for children with intellectual disability or autism born in Western Australia 1983-1999: A population-based cohort study

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Bebbington, Ami ^a   Glasson, Emma ^a,b   Bourke, Jenny ^a   De Klerk, Nicholas ^a   Leonard, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUTISM; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEATH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREMATURITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 84875042509     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-002356     Document Type: Article

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