Make measurable what is not so: National monitoring of the status of persons with intellectual disability

Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 244-258

  Fujiura, Glenn T ^a   Rutkowski Kmitta, Violet ^a   Owen, Randall ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

demography; disability statistics; epidemiology; intellectual disability; international; poverty

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL PATIENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; STANDARD;

CENSUSES; DATA COLLECTION; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MENTAL RETARDATION; MENTALLY DISABLED PERSONS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 78649840913     PISSN: 13668250     EISSN: 14699532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13668250.2010.519330     Document Type: Article

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