Cause-specific mortality and death certificate reporting in adults with moderate to profound intellectual disability

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 898-904

  Tyrer, F ^a   McGrother, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Causes of death; Death certificates; Health inequalities; Standardised mortality ratios

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL DEATH; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONGENITAL DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DEMENTIA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASE; DISABILITY SEVERITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; ISCHEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARDIZATION; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE;

ACCIDENTS; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMORBIDITY; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; DEATH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; QUALITY CONTROL; SENSATION DISORDERS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350554136     PISSN: 09642633     EISSN: 13652788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2788.2009.01201.x     Document Type: Article

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