Deafblindness: A challenge for assessment - Is the ICF a useful tool?

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 42, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages

  Möller, Kerstin ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Deafblindness; Disability; ICF; ICIDH; Secondary condition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; DISABILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; COMORBIDITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STANDARD; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLINDNESS; COMORBIDITY; DEAFNESS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0642343287     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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