Addressing health disparities through promoting equity for individuals with intellectual disability

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 96, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2005, Pages

  Ouellette Kuntz, Hélène ^a   Garcin, Nathalie ^a   Lewis, M E Suzanne ^b   Minnes, Patricia ^a   Martin, Carol ^a   Holden, Jeanette J A ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CHILDREN S AND WOMEN S HEALTH CENTRE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Disabled persons; Health; Health care access; Mental retardation; Policy

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; DRUG; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; BALANCE DISORDER; BODY WEIGHT DISORDER; CANADA; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONFUSION; CONSTIPATION; DRUG POTENTIATION; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FALLING; GONAD DYSFUNCTION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INCIDENCE; INCONTINENCE; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; LEARNING DISORDER; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MOBILIZATION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; ONSET AGE; OSTEOPOROSIS; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PATHOLOGIC FRACTURE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; SEDATION; SEIZURE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOMNOLENCE; TARDIVE DYSKINESIA; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 21644485634     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03403699     Document Type: Review

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