Is the onset of disabling chronic conditions in later childhood associated with exposure to social disadvantage in earlier childhood? A prospective cohort study using the ONS Longitudinal Study for England and Wales

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Blackburn, Clare M ^a   Spencer, Nicholas J ^a   Read, Janet M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Chronic Conditions; Disabilities; Disadvantage; Limiting Long term Illness; Socio economic Factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HOUSE DUST; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLE; NEWBORN; PARENTHOOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; AUTOMOBILES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; POVERTY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SINGLE-PARENT FAMILY; SOCIAL CLASS; WALES;

EID: 84879426860     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-13-101     Document Type: Article

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