National disability registers report on causes of intellectual disability in Taiwan: 2000-2007

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 301-307

  Lin, Jin Ding ^a   Yen, Chia Feng ^a   Wu, Jia Ling ^b   Kang, Shih Wan ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b Chung Hua Foundation for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cause; Etiology; Intellectual disability; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DISABILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTERNET; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PREVALENCE; REGISTER; TAIWAN;

DISABLED PERSONS; HUMANS; MENTAL RETARDATION; MENTALLY DISABLED PERSONS; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; TAIWAN;

EID: 57349106690     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2008.05.003     Document Type: Article

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