Comprehensive health assessments during de-institutionalization: An observational study

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 719-724

  Lennox, Nicholas ^a   Rey conde, T ^a   Cooling, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Deinstitualization; Health review; Intellectual disability

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEARING TEST; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL HEALTH; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; REVIEW; SKIN DISEASE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; AGED; COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CARE; DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33748340881     PISSN: 09642633     EISSN: 13652788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2788.2006.00835.x     Document Type: Review

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