Perspectives on Transitions: Rethinking Services for Children and Youth With Developmental Disabilities

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 88, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1080-1082

  Rosenbaum, Peter ^a   Stewart, Debra ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Disabled children; Pediatrics; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD TO ADULT TRANSITION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE TRANSITION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF FUNCTIONING, DISABILITY AND HEALTH; LONG TERM CARE;

EID: 34547153228     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.06.001     Document Type: Note

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