Prevalence of intellectual disability: A comprehensive study based on national registers

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 715-725

  Westerinen, Hannu ^a,d   Kaski, M ^b   Virta, L ^c   Almqvist, F ^a   Iivanainen, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Rinnekoti Foundation Finland   (Finland)

^c National Pension Institute   (Finland)

^d Department of Child Neurology ^*  (Finland)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Intellectual disability; Prevalence; Registers; Services

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; REGISTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES;

EID: 34547883476     PISSN: 09642633     EISSN: 13652788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2788.2007.00970.x     Document Type: Article

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