Children with hydrocephalus and spina bifida in East Africa: Can family and community resources improve the odds?

Disability and Society

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 643-658

  Miles, M ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0036776274     PISSN: 09687599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0968759022000010425     Document Type: Article

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