A pilot study of the use of the SF-36 to assess health status of adults with learning disabilities living in small community based homes

British Journal of Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 27-35

  Jones, Jason ^a   Dagnan, Dave ^b   Ruddick, Loraine ^c  

^a South Birmingham Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c Solihull Healthcare NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY;

EID: 0031020169     PISSN: 09697950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/bjdd.1997.004     Document Type: Article

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