Screening tests for adults with intellectual disabilities

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 399-407

  Wilkinson, Joanne E ^a   Culpepper, Larry ^a   Cerreto, Mary ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; CANCER SCREENING; COGNITION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; OBESITY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SMOKING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VISION TEST;

COMORBIDITY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL RETARDATION; PATIENTS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34547423955     PISSN: 15572625     EISSN: 15587118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2007.04.060210     Document Type: Review

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