Estimated prevalence of people with learning disabilities: Template for qeneral practice

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 58, Issue 551, 2008, Pages 423-428

  Allgar, Victoria ^a   Mir, Ghazala ^d   Evans, Joyce ^e   Marshall, Joyce ^b   Cottrell, David ^c   Heywood, Phil ^d   Emerson, Eric ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c Academic Unit of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^e Rothwell Health Centre   (United Kingdom)

^f LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

General practice; Learning disabilities; Prevalence; Register

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DISEASE REGISTRY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; METHODOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ENGLAND; FAMILY PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; LEARNING DISORDERS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 44649193325     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp08X299272     Document Type: Article

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