Identifying children with neurological impairment and disability in resource-poor countries

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 249-256

  Mung'ala odera, Vodera ^a   Newton, C R J C ^a,b  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Disability; Identification; Neurological impairment

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISABILITY; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MASS SCREENING; MEDLINE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VALIDITY;

CHILD; DATA COLLECTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, NEUROLOGICAL; DISABLED CHILDREN; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34247165072     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: 13652214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2006.00714.x     Document Type: Review

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