Measuring health among people with disabilities

Family and Community Health

Volumn 29, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages

  Becker, Heather ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Health measurement; People with disabilities

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISABLED PERSON; HEALTH; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISABLED PERSONS; HEALTH; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS;

EID: 33644842961     PISSN: 01606379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003727-200601001-00011     Document Type: Review

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