Body weight status among adults with intellectual disability in the community

Mental Retardation

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-10

  Yamaki, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 13944272749     PISSN: 00476765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/0047-6765(2005)43<1:BWSAAW>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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