The relationship between psychiatric and physical health in elderly people with intellectual disability

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 54-60

  Cooper, Sally Ann ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dementia; Old age; Physical health; Psychiatric disorders

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SERVICE; MENTAL DISEASE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL RETARDATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING;

EID: 0032968456     PISSN: 09642633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2788.1999.43120158.x     Document Type: Article

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