Prevalence of chronic health conditions in children with intellectual disability: A systematic literature review

Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 59-85

  Oeseburg, Barth ^a   Dijkstra, Geke J ^a   Groothoff, Johan W ^a   Reijneveld, Sijmen A ^a   Jansen, Daniëlle E M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MENTAL DISEASE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATTENTION DEFICIT AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOWN SYNDROME; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MENTAL DISORDERS;

EID: 79954501471     PISSN: 19349556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/1934-9556-49.2.59     Document Type: Review

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