Being specific about being special: Defining children's conditions and special health care needs

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 161, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1003-1005

  Davis, Matthew M ^a   Brosco, Jeffrey P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISABLED CHILDREN; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PREVALENCE;

EID: 34948842587     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.161.10.1003     Document Type: Editorial

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