Epidemiology of psychiatric disorders in elderly compared with younger adults with learning disabilities

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 170, Issue APR., 1997, Pages 375-380

  Cooper, Sally Ann ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE;

EID: 0031010394     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.170.4.375     Document Type: Article

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