Rethinking Disability
Abstract Disability as a health outcome deserves more attention than it has so far received. With people living longer and the epidemiological transition from infectious to noncommunicable diseases as the major cause of health burden, we need to focus attention on disability – the non-fatal impact o...
Main Authors: | Alarcos Cieza, Carla Sabariego, Jerome Bickenbach, Somnath Chatterji |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2018-01-01
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Series: | BMC Medicine |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12916-017-1002-6 |
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