Lower limb deficient children in the Netherlands: Epidemiological aspects

Prosthetics and Orthotics International

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 13-18

  Rijnders, L J M ^a,b   Boonstra, Annemarijke M ^c   Groothoff, J W ^d   Cornel, M C ^a   Eisma, W H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Rehabilitation Centre Breda   (Netherlands)

^c Revalidatie Friesland Rehab Centre   (Netherlands)

^d N Centre for Health Care Research ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIMB AMPUTATION; LIMB DEFECT; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0034014048     PISSN: 03093646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03093640008726517     Document Type: Article

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