Demographics of wheelchair users in France: Results of national community-based handicaps-incapacités-dépendance surveys

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 231-239

  Vignier, Nicolas ^a,b,c,d   Ravaud, Jean François ^a,b,c,d   Winance, Myriam ^a,b,c,d   Lepoutre, François Xavier ^e   Ville, Isabelle ^a,b,c,d  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c ÉCOLE DES HAUTES ÉTUDES EN SCIENCES SOCIALES   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE VALENCIENNES   (France)

Author keywords

Assistive device; Community based survey; Demography; Disability; France; Social epidemiology; Wheelchair

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMUNITY BASED REHABILITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; INFANT; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MALE; PATIENT MOBILITY; PREVALENCE; REHABILITATION CARE; WHEELCHAIR;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; DISABLED CHILDREN; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 41349101991     PISSN: 16501977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/16501977-0159     Document Type: Article

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