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The impact of poverty and disadvantage on child health

1991; Wiley; Volume: 27; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/j.1440-1754.1991.tb00394.x

1440-1754

D. L. JOLLY, Terry Nolan, Jörgen Möller, Graham Vimpani,

Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare

Journal of Paediatrics and Child HealthVolume 27, Issue 4 p. 203-217 The impact of poverty and disadvantage on child health D. L. JOLLY, Corresponding Author D. L. JOLLY Child Adolescent and Family Health Service, Adelaide, South AustraliaDr D. L. Jolly, Child, Adolescent & Family Health Service, 295 South Terrace, Adelaide, SA 5000, AustraliaSearch for more papers by this authorT. NOLAN, T. NOLAN Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VictoriaSearch for more papers by this authorJ. MOLLER, J. MOLLER Department of Community Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia AustraliaSearch for more papers by this authorG. VIMPANI, G. VIMPANI University of Newcastle, New South Wales, AustraliaSearch for more papers by this author D. L. JOLLY, Corresponding Author D. L. JOLLY Child Adolescent and Family Health Service, Adelaide, South AustraliaDr D. L. Jolly, Child, Adolescent & Family Health Service, 295 South Terrace, Adelaide, SA 5000, AustraliaSearch for more papers by this authorT. NOLAN, T. NOLAN Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VictoriaSearch for more papers by this authorJ. MOLLER, J. MOLLER Department of Community Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia AustraliaSearch for more papers by this authorG. VIMPANI, G. VIMPANI University of Newcastle, New South Wales, AustraliaSearch for more papers by this author First published: August 1991 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1754.1991.tb00394.xCitations: 19 This review is based on the report ‘The Impact of Adversity on Child Health—Poverty and Disadvantage’, by D. L. Jolly, Australian College of Paediatrics, Melbourne 1990 which was commissioned and funded through a Health Services Research and Development Grant from the Department of Community Services and Health, and supervised by a management committee from the Australian College of Paediatrics. D. L. Jolly, MB, BS, BMedSc, FAFPHM, Program Manager. T. Nolan, MB, BS, FRACP, PhD, Head of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit. J. N. Moller, BA, BSoc Admin, MPol Admin, Lecturer. G. V. Vimpani, MB, BS, FRACP, PhD, Professor. AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL References 1 Finer S. 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