Health status of Australia children with mild to severe cerebral palsy: Cross-sectional survey using the Child Health Questionnaire

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 194-199

  Wake, M ^a   Salmon, L ^a   Reddihough, Dinah ^b  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; WELLBEING; AFFECT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY HEALTH; HOSPITALIZATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESIDENTIAL CARE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; AUSTRALIA; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMETRICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0037332584     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2003.tb00930.x     Document Type: Article

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