Assessing risk of injury in people with mental retardation living in an intermediate care facility

American Journal on Mental Retardation

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 2005, Pages

  Konarski, Edward A ^a,c   Tassé, Marc ^b  

^a J Iverson Riddle Developmental Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY RISK ASSESSMENT SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NURSING HOME; PREDICTION; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEIZURE; TONIC SEIZURE; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; VALIDATION PROCESS; WALKING;

ADULT; HUMANS; INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES; MENTAL RETARDATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 25444506202     PISSN: 08958017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/0895-8017(2005)110[333:AROIIP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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