Understanding attitudes toward people with down syndrome

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A

Volumn 152, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2185-2192

  Pace, Jill E ^a   Shin, Mikyong ^a,b   Rasmussen, Sonja A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER ON BIRTH DEFECTS AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

^b RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Down syndrome; Intellectual disabilities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO MENTAL ILLNESS; DOWN SYNDROME; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; JOB ADAPTATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL; SOCIAL ASPECT; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; DATA COLLECTION; DOWN SYNDROME; HUMANS; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL; SCHOOLS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956128822     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: 15524833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.33595     Document Type: Article

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