Distressed neighborhoods and child disability rates: Analyses of 157 000 school-age children

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 814-817

  Msall, Michael E ^a,d   Avery, Roger C ^b   Msall, Emily R ^c   Hogan, Pennis P ^b  

^a CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Fellow Citizen Schools of Boston   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD; DISABILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF CARE; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SKILL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

CHILD; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED CHILDREN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MOTOR SKILLS DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RHODE ISLAND; SELF CARE; SENSATION DISORDERS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 35649024749     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2007.00814.x     Document Type: Article

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