Behavior problems increase costs of care of children with intellectual disabilities

Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 202-209

  Einfeld, Stewart L ^a   Ellis, Louise A ^a   Doran, Christopher M ^b   Emerson, Eric ^c   Horstead, Siân K ^a   Madden, Rosamond H ^a   Tonge, Bruce J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Behavior problems; Cost; Intellectual disability

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960946466     PISSN: 19315864     EISSN: 19315872     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19315864.2010.524973     Document Type: Article

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