A pilot of interventions to improve health care in adolescents with intellectual disability

Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 484-489

  Lennox, Nicholas G ^a   Rey Conde, Therese F ^a   Faint, Sonya L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Health diary; Health review; Intellectual disability

Indexed keywords

EID: 49549087055     PISSN: 13602322     EISSN: 14683148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3148.2007.00417.x     Document Type: Article

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