Divorce in families of children with Down syndrome: A population-based study

American Journal on Mental Retardation

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Urbano, Richard C ^a   Hodapp, Robert M ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; BIRTH ORDER; CHILD; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DIVORCE; DOWN SYNDROME; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY; FAMILY SIZE; FATHER; FEMALE; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MOTHER; PATERNAL AGE; RURAL POPULATION;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIVORCE; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MEDICAL RECORDS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RURAL POPULATION; TENNESSEE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 34447276901     PISSN: 08958017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/0895-8017(2007)112[261:DIFOCW]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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