Life expectancy among people with cerebral palsy in Western Australia

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 508-515

  Blair, E ^a   Watson, L ^a   Badawi, N ^b   Stanley, F J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMUNITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARDIZATION; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0034899290     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2001.tb00753.x     Document Type: Article

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