Dementia in older people with intellectual disability: Symptoms of physical and mental illness, and levels of adaptive behaviour

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 60-69

  Moss, S ^a   Patel, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Lrng Disability Comm Hlthcare B   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptive behaviour; Dementia; Mental retardation; Older people

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTERVIEW; IRRITABILITY; MALE; OBSERVATION; SENESCENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VIOLENCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0030823529     PISSN: 09642633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2788.1997.tb00677.x     Document Type: Article

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