Disability and Health Journal
Volume 3, Issue 4 , Pages 282-288 , October 2010

Prevalence of disability among adolescents and adults in rural China

  • Tala Alhajj, M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Center for Injury Research and Policy, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH 43205, USA
    • School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
  • ,
  • Limin Wang, M.D., M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • School of Public Health, Qiqihar Medical University, Heilongjiang Province, China
  • ,
  • Krista Wheeler, M.S.

      Affiliations

    • Center for Injury Research and Policy, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH 43205, USA
  • ,
  • Weiyan Zhao, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Center for Injury Research and Policy, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH 43205, USA
  • ,
  • Yaowu Sun, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • School of Public Health, Qiqihar Medical University, Heilongjiang Province, China
  • ,
  • Lorann Stallones, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Colorado Injury Control Research Center, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA
  • ,
  • Huiyun Xiang, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Center for Injury Research and Policy, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH 43205, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: 700 Children's Drive. Fax: (614) 722-2448.

To access this article, please choose from the options below

Login to an existing account or Register a new account.

  • Purchase this article for 31.50 USD (You must login/register to purchase this article)

    Online access for 24 hours. The PDF version can be downloaded as your permanent record.

  • Subscribe to this title

    Get unlimited online access to this article and all other articles in this title 24/7 for one year.

  • Claim access now

    For current subscribers with Society Membership or Account Number.

  • Visit SciVerse ScienceDirect to see if you have access via your institution.

 Financial disclosure: Drs. Limin Wang and Yaowu Sun were trainees of the USA-China Agricultural Injury Research Training project. Both the workshop training and this study were funded by a grant from the National Institutes of Health Fogarty International Center (PIs: L. Stallones and H. Xiang, Grant 1D43TW007257-01A2). The sponsors of the study had no role in study design, data collection, statistical analysis, results interpretation, and writing of the report. The corresponding author had full access to all the data and had final responsibility for the manuscript submitted for publication. The findings and conclusions in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the funding agency or the Chinese government. The authors report no financial or other conflicts of interest related to this project.

PII: S1936-6574(10)00003-8

doi: 10.1016/j.dhjo.2010.01.002

Disability and Health Journal
Volume 3, Issue 4 , Pages 282-288 , October 2010