Risk factors for coronary heart disease among inpatients who have mild intellectual disability and mental illness

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 309-316

  Merriman, S ^a   Haw, Camilla ^a   Kirk, J ^a   Stubbs, J ^a  

^a ST ANDREW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Intellectual disability; Mental illness; Obesity; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CORONARY RISK; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; OBESITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT MONITORING; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; UNITED KINGDOM; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHOLESTEROL; CORONARY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL RETARDATION; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 17444404608     PISSN: 09642633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2788.2005.00600.x     Document Type: Article

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