Causes of Death of Persons with Developmental Disabilities: Comparison of Institutional and Community Residents

Mental Retardation

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 386-391

  Strauss, David ^a   Anderson, Terence W ^b   Shavelle, Robert ^a   Sheridan, Frank ^c   Trenkle, Steven ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CALIFORNIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEATH CERTIFICATES; DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0032177802     PISSN: 00476765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/0047-6765(1998)036<0386:CODOPW>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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