Prevalence of childhood and adolescent disabilities in rural Nepal

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 697-702

  Sauvey, S ^a   Osrin, D ^a   Manandhar, D S ^b   Costello, A M ^a   Wirz, Sheila ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Mother and Infant Research Activities MIRA   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Census; Childhood; Disability; Nepal

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; FAMILY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; LEARNING DISORDER; LIMB DEFECT; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEPAL; NEWBORN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; SPEECH DISORDER; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEPAL; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH;

EID: 22844432002     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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