The development of a health status measure for self-report by people with intellectual disabilities

Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 143-150

  Ruddick, Loraine ^a   Oliver, Chris ^b  

^a Psychology Services   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health status; Intellectual disability; Self report

Indexed keywords

EID: 20444408807     PISSN: 13602322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3148.2005.00243.x     Document Type: Article

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