A note on the theoretical framework of World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule II

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 687-691

  Federici, Stefano ^a,b   Meloni, Fabio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; DISABILITY; DISABLED PERSON; HUMAN; LETTER; NOMENCLATURE; PSYCHOMETRY; THEORETICAL MODEL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 77749243019     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638280903290012     Document Type: Article

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