Health gain through screening - Coronary heart disease and stroke: Developing primary health care services for people with intellectual disability

Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 251-263

  Wells, M B ^a   Turner, S ^a   Martin, D M ^a   Roy, A ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; EXERCISE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SCREENING TEST; SMOKING HABIT; STROKE; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; UNITED KINGDOM; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0031451719     PISSN: 1326978X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13668259700033471     Document Type: Article

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