Personal characteristics associated with episodes of injury in a residential facility

American Journal on Mental Retardation

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 37-44

  Konarski Jr , Edward A ^a   Sutton, Kelly ^a   Huffman, Alice ^a  

^a Western Carolina Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALADJUSTMENT; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; BEHAVIOR; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0030790422     PISSN: 08958017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/0895-8017(1997)102<0037:PCAWEO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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