Prevalence of childhood disability and the characteristics and circumstances of disabled children in the UK: Secondary analysis of the Family Resources Survey

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Blackburn, Clare M ^a   Spencer, Nick J ^a   Read, Janet M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COORDINATION DISORDER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPENDENT VARIABLE; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; LEARNING DISORDER; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL CONCENTRATION; MORBIDITY; NEGRO; PARENTHOOD; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL DISABILITY; UNITED KINGDOM; ATTENTION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FAMILY; HOUSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEARNING; MEMORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ATTENTION; CHILD; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; DISABLED CHILDREN; FAMILY; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOUSING; HUMANS; LEARNING; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEMORY; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEPRIVATION; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 77950850821     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-10-21     Document Type: Article

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