Deprivation, ethnicity and the prevalence of intellectual and developmental disabilities

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 218-224

  Emerson, Eric ^a,b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH; DATA SET; DISABILITY; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; ETHNICITY; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SURVEY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; CENSUSES; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEPRIVATION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84857158080     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2010.111773     Document Type: Article

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