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. 2021 Mar 17:372:n9.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.n9.

Burden of disability in children and adolescents must be integrated into the global health agenda

Alarcos Cieza  1 , Kaloyan Kamenov  2 , Mariano Gacto Sanchez  3 , Somnath Chatterji  4 , Mangai Balasegaram  5 , Ornella Lincetto  6 , Chiara Servili  7 , Raoul Bermejo  8 , David A Ross  9
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Burden of disability in children and adolescents must be integrated into the global health agenda

Alarcos Cieza et al. BMJ. .

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Abstract

Alarcos Cieza and colleagues argue that services for children and young people with disability need greater priority

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Competing interests: We have read and understood BMJ policy on declaration of interests and have no relevant interests to declare.

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