Functional Independence Measure (WeeFIM) for Chinese Children: Hong Kong Cohort
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Functional Independence Measure (WeeFIM) for Chinese children: Hong Kong Cohort.
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عنوان ژورنال: PEDIATRICS
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0031-4005,1098-4275
DOI: 10.1542/peds.109.2.e36