Physical training and well-being in older adults with mild intellectual disability: A residential care study

Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 457-465

  Carmeli, Eli ^a   Orbach, Iris ^b   Zinger Vaknin, Tzvia ^c   Morad, Mohammed ^d   Merrick, Joav ^e  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CLALIT HEALTH SERVICES   (Israel)

^d BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^e EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Intellectual disability; Physical training; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 49549098115     PISSN: 13602322     EISSN: 14683148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3148.2007.00416.x     Document Type: Article

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