Perception of disability in a public health perspective: A model based on fuzzy logic

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 73, Issue 7-8, 2004, Pages 647-656

  Costa, Antonio José Leal ^a   Massad, Eduardo ^b,d   Ortega, Neli R S ^b   Araújo, Abelardo De Q C ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c Funda??o Oswaldo Cruz   (Brazil)

^d NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Disability; Fuzzy sets; Health indicators; Health states; Public health informatics; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

FUZZY SETS; HANDICAPPED PERSONS; HUMAN REHABILITATION ENGINEERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY; SOCIAL ACTIVITIES;

HEALTH CARE;

CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THEORETICAL MODEL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 3042747526     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2004.04.010     Document Type: Conference Paper

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