Are individuals with mental retardation at high risk for chronic disease?

Family Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 429-434

  McDermott, Suzanne ^a   Platt, Tan ^a   Krishnaswami, Shanthi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL DISEASE; OBESITY; SMOKING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MEDICAID; MENTAL RETARDATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030957947     PISSN: 07423225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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