Temporal changes in incidence and prevalence of intellectual disability between two birth cohorts in Northern Finland

American Journal on Mental Retardation

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 19-31+69

  Heikura, Ulla ^c   Taanila, Anja ^d   Olsen, Päivi ^d   Hartikainen, Anna Liisa ^d   Von Wendt, Lennart ^a   Järvelin, Marjo Riitta ^b  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMETRY; SCHOOL CHILD; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMETRICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037227176     PISSN: 08958017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/0895-8017(2003)108<0019:TCIIAP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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