Disabling chronic conditions in childhood and socioeconomic disadvantage: A systematic review and meta-analyses of observational studies

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2015, Pages

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONGENITAL DISORDER; DATA BASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MENTAL DISEASE; META ANALYSIS; NARRATIVE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SOCIAL STATUS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HEALTH DISPARITY; ODDS RATIO; POVERTY; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DISABLED CHILDREN; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES AS TOPIC; ODDS RATIO; POVERTY; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84947967714     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-007062     Document Type: Review

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