Prevalence of chronic medical conditions in adults with mental retardation: Comparison with the general population

Mental Retardation

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 269-279

  Kapell, Deborah ^a   Nightingale, Beryle ^a   Rodriguez, Ana ^b   Lee, Joseph H ^b   Zigman, Warren B ^a   Schupf, Nicole ^b  

^a NEW YORK STATE INSTITUTE FOR BASIC RESEARCH IN DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

^b Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain and the Gertrude H Sergievsky Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0031851735     PISSN: 00476765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/0047-6765(1998)036<0269:POCMCI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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