Gender and geographic differences in the prevalence of intellectual disability in children: Analysis of data from the national disability registry of Taiwan

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2301-2307

  Lai, Der Chung ^a,b,c   Tseng, Yen Cheng ^d   Hou, Yuh Ming ^a   Guo, How Ran ^e,f  

^a CHIA YI CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHIA NAN UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHIAYI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHANG JUNG CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Gender; Geographic distribution; Intellectual disability; Prevalence; Registry; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHILD; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TAIWAN;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; REGISTRIES; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; STANFORD-BINET TEST; TAIWAN; TOPOGRAPHY, MEDICAL; URBAN POPULATION; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 84864763953     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: 18733379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2012.07.001     Document Type: Article

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