Poverty and child health in the UK: Using evidence for action

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 101, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 759-766

  Wickham, Sophie ^a   Anwar, Elspeth ^a   Barr, Ben ^a   Law, Catherine ^b   Taylor Robinson, David ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child health professionals; Child poverty; Children's Rights; Health inequalities

Indexed keywords

CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; LONG TERM CARE; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; INFANT; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; POVERTY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84958092619     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2014-306746     Document Type: Review

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