Approaching the measurement of disability prevalence: The case of Zambia

Alter

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 32-43

  Loeb, Mitchell E ^a   Eide, Arne H ^a   Mont, Daniel ^b  

^a SINTEF   (Norway)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Disability definition; Disability prevalence; Functional approaches to disability; National disability surveys; Washington Group on disability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIDIMENSIONAL SCALING; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL DISABILITY; SOCIETY; STATISTICS; ZAMBIA;

EID: 47249095884     PISSN: 18750672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.alter.2007.06.001     Document Type: Article

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