Persistence of health inequalities in childhood injury in the UK; A population-based cohort study of children under 5

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Orton, Elizabeth ^a   Kendrick, Denise ^a   West, Joe ^a   Tata, Laila J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BURN; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD INJURY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; FRACTURE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTOXICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX; SOCIOECONOMICS; TREND STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM; BURNS; FRACTURES, BONE; HEALTH DISPARITY; INFANT;

BURNS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; POISONING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84908577892     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0111631     Document Type: Article

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