Ageing and intellectual disabilities: A review of recent literature

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 349-352

  McCallion, Philip ^a   McCarron, Mary ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Ageing; Dementia; Down syndrome; Health; Intellectual disabilities

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID;

AGING; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEMENTIA; DISEASE COURSE; DOWN SYNDROME; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; REVIEW; SENESCENCE;

EID: 4344667719     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.yco.0000139968.14695.95     Document Type: Review

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