Epidemiology in relation to community and residential services

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 349-353

  Fryers, Tom ^a,b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Yan Yak   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY CARE; HUMAN; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MORTALITY; NOMENCLATURE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; REVIEW;

EID: 0030986402     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001504-199709000-00003     Document Type: Review

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