Adaptive Behavior and Cognitive Function of Adults with Down Syndrome: Modeling Change with Age

Mental Retardation

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 7-28+71

  Hawkins, Barbara A ^a   Eklund, Susan J ^a   James, David R ^a   Foose, Alice K ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR AGING RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGE; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL; INTELLIGENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0038687195     PISSN: 00476765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/0047-6765(2003)041<0007:ABACFO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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