Patterns in mortality over 60 years among persons with mental retardation in a residential facility

Mental Retardation

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 289-293

  Chaney, Robert H ^a   Eyman, Richard K ^b  

^a Lanterman Developmental Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MOTOR SKILLS DISORDERS; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0034199349     PISSN: 00476765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/0047-6765(2000)038<0289:PIMOYA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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