Down syndrome health screening - the Fife model

British Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 5-9

  Jones, Jill ^a   Hathaway, Dorothy ^b   Gilhooley, Mary ^b   Leech, Amanda ^b   MacLeod, Susan ^b  

^a Lynebank Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b Hayfield House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Down syndrome; Health screening

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949907257     PISSN: 13544187     EISSN: 14683156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3156.2008.00529.x     Document Type: Article

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