Can we count them? Scoping data sources on disabled children and their households in the UK

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 291-295

  Blackburn, C ^a   Read, Janet ^a   Spencer, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Childhood disability; Measurement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DATA BASE; DISABILITY; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; DISABLED CHILDREN; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN;

EID: 34247102696     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: 13652214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2006.00646.x     Document Type: Article

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