Health disparities of adults with intellectual disabilities: What do we know? What do we do?

Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 431-446

  Krahn, Gloria L ^a   Fox, Michael H ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Disparities; Life course model; Social determinants

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DISABLED PERSON; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; KNOWLEDGE;

ADULT; DISABLED PERSONS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; KNOWLEDGE;

EID: 84896388159     PISSN: 13602322     EISSN: 14683148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jar.12067     Document Type: Article

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