Deaths among the intellectually disabled: A retrospective study

Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 280-288

  Raitasuo, Jouni ^a,d   Mölsä, Pekka ^a   Raitasuo, Seija ^b   Mattila, Kari ^c  

^a Spec Welf Dist Southwestern F   (Finland)

^b Turku Psychiatric Clinic   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^d NONE   (Finland)

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EID: 0006193783     PISSN: 13602322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3148.1997.tb00023.x     Document Type: Article

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