Sex and Geographic Differences in the Prevalence of Reported Childhood Motor Disability and Their Trends in Taiwan.
Motor disability (MD) is not uncommon in children, but data at the national level are scarce. As the Taiwan government certifies and registers disabled residents for providing services on a routine basis, the registry provides a unique opportunity for studying MD. Using data from the registry, we ca...
| Publicado en: | BioMed Research International Vol. 2018; pp. 1 - 8 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
4/5/2018
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