High prevalence of dementia among people with learning disabilities not attributable to Down's syndrome

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 609-616

  Cooper, Sally Ann ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AGED; ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; DOWN SYNDROME; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; ENGLAND; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0030914995     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291796004655     Document Type: Article

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