Socio-economic factors and childhood disability in Trivandrum of South India

International Journal of Rehabilitation Research

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 335-339

  Kandamuthan, M ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Childhood disability; India; Logistic regression; Predictors

Indexed keywords

PEDIATRICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

CHILDHOOD DISABILITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

HANDICAPPED PERSONS;

ARTICLE; DISABILITY; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0031238876     PISSN: 03425282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004356-199709000-00011     Document Type: Article

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