Understanding Disabled Childhoods: What Can We Learn From Population-Based Studies?

Children and Society

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 214-222

  Emerson, Eric ^a,b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disability; Poverty; Socioeconomic position; Surveys

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859809249     PISSN: 09510605     EISSN: 10990860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1099-0860.2012.00434.x     Document Type: Article

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