Normative data for the 12 item WHO disability assessment schedule 2.0

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Andrews, Gavin ^a   Kemp, Alice ^a   Sunderland, Matthew ^a   von Korff, Michael ^b   Ustun, Tevik Bedirhan ^c  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b CENTER FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (United States)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; SCORING SYSTEM; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION DISABILITY ASSESSMENT SCHEDULE 2.0;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954037552     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008343     Document Type: Article

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