Terrorism and the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health: A speculative case study based on the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 25, Issue 11-12, 2003, Pages 635-643

  Seltser, R ^a   Dicowden, M A ^b   Hendershot, G E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Biscayne Institutes of Health and Living Inc   (United States)

^c Disability and Health Statistics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; DISABILITY; DISASTER; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES; VICTIM; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0038420836     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0963828021000075955     Document Type: Article

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