Women with cognitive limitations living in the community: Evidence of disability-based disparities in health care

Mental Retardation

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 249-259

  Parish, Susan L ^a   Saville, Alison Whisnant ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Cape Fear Healthy Carolinians   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BREAST TUMOR; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMUNITY CARE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 33746888315     PISSN: 00476765     EISSN: 00476765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/0047-6765(2006)44[249:WWCLLI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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