Characteristics of institutionalized disabled in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 70-73

  Al Wazna, Talat ^a   Bamgboye, Elijah A ^b  

^a Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Institutionalized care; Physical disability; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008070809     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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