Gender and geographic differences in developmental delays among young children: Analysis of the data from the national registry in Taiwan

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 63-69

  Lai, Der Chung ^a   Tseng, Yen Cheng ^b   Guo, How Ran ^c,d  

^a CHIA YI CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG JUNG CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Developmental delays; Incidence; Prevalence; Registry; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TAIWAN; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TAIWAN; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 78649693158     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2010.08.012     Document Type: Article

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