Levels of ability and functioning: Using the WHODAS II in an Irish context

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 506-517

  Gallagher, Pamela ^a   Mulvany, Fiona ^b  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

^b HEALTH RESEARCH BOARD   (Ireland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CEREBRAL PALSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; IRELAND; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PATIENT MOBILITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CARE; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STROKE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; BLINDNESS; CEREBRAL PALSY; DEAFNESS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; IRELAND; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; SELF CARE;

EID: 2942648246     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0963828042000202257     Document Type: Article

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