Recent Mortality Patterns in California

Mental Retardation

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 372-379

  O'Brien, Kevin F ^a   Zaharia, E S ^b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NOTE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0032175277     PISSN: 00476765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/0047-6765(1998)036<0372:RMPIC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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