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Access of children with cerebral palsy to the physical, social and attitudinal environment they need: a cross-sectional European study

Allan F. ColverDepartment of Institute of Health and Society, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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Heather O. DickinsonDepartment of Institute of Health and Society, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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Kathryn ParkinsonDepartment of Institute of Health and Society, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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Catherine ArnaudInstitut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Université Paul Sabatier, Faculté de Médecine, Toulouse, France
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Eva BeckungGöteborg University, The Queen Silvia Children's Hospital, Göteborg, Sweden
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Jérôme FauconnierUniversité Joseph Fournier, SIIM-Pole Exploitation, Grenoble, France
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Marco MarcelliAzienda Sanitaria Locale Viterbo, Viterbo, Italy
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Vicki McmanusEnable Ireland, Lavanagh Centre, Cork, Ireland
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Susan I. MichelsenNational Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Jackie ParkesSchool of Nursing and Midwifery, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK
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Ute ThyenKlinik für Kinder und Jugendmedizin, Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Lübeck, Germany
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Pages 28-35 | Accepted 01 Apr 2010, Published online: 02 Dec 2010

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