Assessment of Prevalence of Persons with Down Syndrome: A Theory-based Demographic Model

Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 247-262

  De Graaf, Gert ^a,b   Vis, Jeroen C ^c,d   Haveman, Meindert ^e   van Hove, Geert ^a   De Graaf, Erik A B ^b   Tijssen, Jan G P ^c   Mulder, Barbara J M ^c,d  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Dutch Down Syndrome Foundation   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^e TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Birth prevalence; Down syndrome; Planning services; Population prevalence; Survival; Theory based dynamic model

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952812046     PISSN: 13602322     EISSN: 14683148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3148.2010.00593.x     Document Type: Article

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