The quality of health care for adults with developmental disabilities

Public Health Reports

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 174-184

  Lewis, Mary Ann ^a   Lewis, Charles E ^a,b   Leake, Barbara ^a   King, Bryan H ^c,d   Lindemann, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT DARTMOUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; CHOLESTEROL; ENZYME; HEMOGLOBIN; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; INFLUENZA VACCINE; LITHIUM; LIVER ENZYME; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; TETANUS TOXOID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CAREGIVER; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMMUNITY CARE; CONSULTATION; DENTAL CARE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DRUG USE; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH STATUS; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SERVICE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRIST; QUALITY CONTROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; UNITED STATES; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0036522135     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-3549(04)50124-3     Document Type: Article

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