Letter to the editor: Response to McGrother et al. (Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 46, 299-309) 'The prevalence of intellectual disability among South Asian communities in the UK'

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 201-202

  Emerson, Eric ^a   Hatton, Chris ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; LEARNING DISORDER; LETTER; LINGUISTICS; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOUTH ASIA; UNITED KINGDOM; ADULT; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MIGRATION; NOTE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOUTHEAST ASIA; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ENGLAND; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION;

EID: 3042809644     PISSN: 09642633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2788.2004.00501.x     Document Type: Letter

References (6)

1. Emerson E., Azmi S., Hatton C., Caine A., Parrott R. & Wolstenholme J. (1997) Is there an increased prevalence of severe learning disabilities amongst British Asians? Ethnicity and Health 2, 317-21.
2. Emerson E. & Robertson J. (2002) An Analysis of the Current and Future Needs of South Asian and Black Children with Learning Disabilities in Birmingham. Institute for Health Research, Lancaster University, Lancaster. http://www.lancs.ac.uk/Departments/ihr/research/ documents/birminghamfinalreport.pdf
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