Older adults with intellectual disability in residential care centers in Israel: Health status and service utilization

American Journal on Mental Retardation

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2004, Pages

  Merrick, Joav ^a,f   Davidson, Philip W ^b   Morad, Mohammed ^c   Janicki, Matthew P ^d   Wexler, Orren ^e   Henderson, C Michael ^b  

^a DIVISION FOR INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^e Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^f Division for Mental Retardation   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; MORBIDITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION;

ADULT; AGED; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LEARNING DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT;

EID: 4344614348     PISSN: 08958017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/0895-8017(2004)109<413:OAWIDI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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