High prevalence of developmental disabilities in children admitted to a general pediatric inpatient unit

Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 307-318

  Petersen, Mario C ^a   Kube, David A ^a   Palmer, Frederick B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental disabilities; Developmental screening; Hospitalization

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751548238     PISSN: 1056263X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10882-006-9018-4     Document Type: Article

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