Dementia and mental ill-health in older people with intellectual disabilities

Psychiatric and Behavioural Disorders in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 154-172

  Cooper, Sally Ann ^a   Holland, Anthony J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84868677684     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511543616.011     Document Type: Chapter

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