Comorbidities Associated With Intellectual Disability among Pediatric Outpatients Seen at a Teaching Hospital in Northern India

Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 10-16

  Jauhari, Prashant ^a   Bhargava, Roli ^a   Bhave, Anupama ^a   Kumar, Chandrakanta ^a   Kumar, Rashmi ^a  

^a KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Childhood conditions; Comorbidity; India; Intellectual disability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863408760     PISSN: 17411122     EISSN: 17411130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-1130.2012.00327.x     Document Type: Article

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