Appendicular fractures: A significant problem among institutionalized adults with developmental disabilities

American Journal on Mental Retardation

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 340-346+364

  Ryder, K M ^a   Williams, J ^a   Womack, C ^a   Nayak, N G ^c   Nasef, S ^b   Bush, A ^a   Tylavsky, F A ^a   Carbone, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b Midwest Internal Medicine   (United States)

^c Coleman E336 ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

APPENDICULAR FRACTURE; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DRUG USE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; PREDICTION; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICONVULSANTS; BONE DENSITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0043011306     PISSN: 08958017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/0895-8017(2003)108<340:AFASPA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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