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Disability and Rehabilitation Volume 31, 2009 - Issue sup1: Application of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF): the Experience in Italy since 2001
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Research Paper

Preliminary results of ICF dissemination in primary health care in Mozambique: Sharing the Italian experience

Giulio BorgnoloAgenzia Regionale Sanità della Regione autonoma Friuli Venezia Giulia, Area Valutazione della Salute e della Disabilità, Udine, ItalyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Isabel Cristina SoaresCentro di Educazione Sanitaria e Tecnologie Appropriate Sanitarie – Cestas, Maputo, Mozambique
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Benilde Dos Santos SoaresHospital Geral de Mavalane, Maputo, Mozambique
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Francesco GongoloAgenzia Regionale Sanità della Regione autonoma Friuli Venezia Giulia, Area Valutazione della Salute e della Disabilità, Udine, Italy
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Paula VazCentro di Educazione Sanitaria e Tecnologie Appropriate Sanitarie – Cestas, Maputo, Mozambique
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Paolo MeucciNeurology, Public Health and Disability Unit — Scientific Directorate, Neurological Institute C. Besta IRCCS Foundation, Milan, Italy
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Rui QuintasNeurology, Public Health and Disability Unit — Scientific Directorate, Neurological Institute C. Besta IRCCS Foundation, Milan, Italy
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Rosalba LemboAgenzia Regionale Sanità della Regione autonoma Friuli Venezia Giulia, Area Valutazione della Salute e della Disabilità, Udine, Italy
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Andrea MartinuzziE. Medea Scientific Institute, Conegliano-Pieve di Soligo Research Centre, Conegliano Veneto, Italy
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Pages S78-S82 | Accepted 01 Sep 2009, Published online: 07 Dec 2009

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