Disabled children in the UK: A quality assessment of quantitative data sources

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 130-141

  Read, J ^a   Blackburn, C ^a   Spencer, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child; Data sources; Definition; Disability; Disabled; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; DISABLED CHILDREN; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FAMILY; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE;

EID: 73949109390     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: 13652214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2009.01017.x     Document Type: Article

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