Children with disabilities in Israel

Childhood

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 498-507

  Merrick, Joav ^a,e   Drachman, Rephael ^b   Merrick, Geula ^c   Morad, Mohammed ^d  

^a DIVISION FOR INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (Israel)

^b National Insurance Institute of Israel   (Israel)

^c Natl Inst Child Hlth/Hum Devmt   (Israel)

^d BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^e Division for Mental Retardation   (Israel)

Author keywords

Childhood; Disability; Israel; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

EID: 85047693979     PISSN: 09075682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0907568203104007     Document Type: Article

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