The changing epidemiology of cerebral palsy

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 1996, Pages

  Pharoah, Peter O D ^a   Platt, Mary Jane ^a   Cooke, Theresa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Disability; Prevalence; Trends

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; NEWBORN; PREVALENCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

CEREBRAL PALSY; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0000219323     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/fn.75.3.F169     Document Type: Article

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