The oral health status of 4,732 adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 143, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 838-846

  Morgan, John P ^a   Minihan, Paula M ^a   Stark, Paul C ^a   Finkelman, Matthew O ^a   Yantsides, Konstantina E ^a   Park, Angel ^a   Nobles, Carrie J ^a   Tao, Wen ^a   Must, Aviva ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental disability; Intellectual disability; Oral health; People with disabilities; Special care dentistry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865456947     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.2012.0288     Document Type: Article

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