Prevalence of falls and risk factors in adults with intellectual disability

American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 442-454

  Hsieh, Kelly ^a   Rimmer, James ^b   Heller, Tamar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Fall risk factors; Intellectual disability; Prevalence of falls

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; DEMOGRAPHY; DOWN SYNDROME; ENVIRONMENT; FALLING; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CEREBRAL PALSY; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DEMOGRAPHY; DOWN SYNDROME; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870556309     PISSN: 19447515     EISSN: 19447558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/1944-7558-117.6.442     Document Type: Article

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