Childhood disability and socio-economic circumstances in low and middle income countries: systematic review

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Simkiss, Douglas E ^a   Blackburn, Clare M ^b   Mukoro, Felix O ^c   Read, Janet M ^b   Spencer, Nicholas J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c New Croft House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; CHILDHOOD DISABILITY; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DISABILITY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; LEARNING DISORDER; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; PARENTING EDUCATION; POVERTY; QUALITY CONTROL; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HEALTH; REVIEW; STATISTICS;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED CHILDREN; HUMANS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 83755228895     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-11-119     Document Type: Article

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