Mortality and life expectancy in dutch residential centres for individuals with intellectual disability, 1991-1995

Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 200-212

  Maaskant, Marian A ^a,b   Gevers, Jan P M ^c   Wierda, Henk ^c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Pepijn Centre   (Netherlands)

^c NONE

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EID: 0036059418     PISSN: 13602322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-3148.2002.00115.x     Document Type: Review

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