Child death in high-income countries 3: Understanding why children die in high-income countries

The Lancet

Volumn 384, Issue 9946, 2014, Pages 915-927

  Sidebotham, Peter ^a   Fraser, James ^a,c   Covington, Teresa ^d   Freemantle, Jane ^e   Petrou, Stavros ^b   Pulikottil Jacob, Ruth ^a   Cutler, Tessa ^f   Ellis, Catherine ^g,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c BRISTOL ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^d National Center for Review and Prevention of Child Deaths Michigan Public Health Institute   (United States)

^e Onemda VicHealth Koori Health Unit   (Australia)

^f Centre for Biostatistics and Clinical Trials   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^h Faculty of Engineering and Computing   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD DEATH; CHILD GROWTH; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DISABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUICIDE; SURVIVAL; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AUSTRALIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; ENVIRONMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH; GUNSHOT INJURY; HANDICAPPED CHILD; INCOME; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INTENSIVE CARE; INTOXICATION; NEW ZEALAND; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AUSTRALIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DISABLED CHILDREN; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INTENSIVE CARE; NEW ZEALAND; POISONING; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907284388     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(14)60581-x     Document Type: Article

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