Sexual health for people with intellectual disability

Salud Publica de Mexico

Volumn 50, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2008, Pages

  Eastgate, Gillian ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b MATER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Contraception; Intellectual disability; Sexual abuse; Sexuality; Sterilisation, pregnancy

Indexed keywords

EID: 42549091187     PISSN: 00363634     EISSN: 16067916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0036-36342008000800019     Document Type: Review

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