Ageing and health status in adults with intellectual disabilities: Results of the European POMONA II study

Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 49-60

  Haveman, Meindert ^a   Perry, Jonathan ^b   Salvador Carulla, Luis ^c   Walsh, Patricia Noonan ^d   Kerr, Mike ^b   Van Schrojenstein Lantman De Valk, Henny ^e   Van Hove, Geert ^f   Berger, Dasa Moravec ^g   Azema, Bernard ^h   Buono, Serafino ⁱ   Cara, Alexandra Carmen ^h   Germanavicius, Arunas ^j   Linehan, Christine ^d   Määttä, Tuomo ^k   Tossebro, Jan ^l   Weber, Germain ^m  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^f GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Slovenia)

^h CREAI ^*  (Romania)

ⁱ OASI RESEARCH INSTITUTE IRCCS   (Italy)

^j VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^k Service Centre of Kuysanmaki   (Finland)

^l NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^m UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

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Author keywords

ageing; health inequalities; health status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951803099     PISSN: 13668250     EISSN: 14699532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13668250.2010.549464     Document Type: Article

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