Prevalence of intellectual disability in Western Australia

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 58-67

  Leonard, Helen ^a   Petterson, Beverly ^b   Bower, Carol ^a   Sanders, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Telethon Inst for Child Hlth Res ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PREVALENCE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; SEX RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MENTAL RETARDATION; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0038654317     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3016.2003.00469.x     Document Type: Article

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