Monitoring the United Nations convention on the rights of persons with disabilities: Data and the international classification of functioning, disability and health

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2011, Pages

  Bickenbach, Jerome E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUCERNE   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS PARAPLEGIC RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISABLED PERSON; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MANAGEMENT; UNITED NATIONS;

DISABLED PERSONS; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; POLICY MAKING; UNITED NATIONS;

EID: 79957829945     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-S4-S8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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