Out of sight, out of mind? the inclusion and identification of people with intellectual disability in public health research

Perspectives in Public Health

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 204-211

  Brooker, Katie ^a   Van Dooren, Kate ^a   Tseng, Chih Han ^a   McPherson, Lyn ^a   Lennox, Nick ^a   Ware, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

epidemiology; inclusion; intellectual disability; research design; systematic review

Indexed keywords

BIOINFORMATICS; CLINICAL STUDY; COGNITION ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PROXY; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SELF REPORT; SPATIAL LEARNING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; RESEARCH SUBJECT;

HUMANS; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH SUBJECTS;

EID: 84936745011     PISSN: 17579139     EISSN: 17579147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1757913914552583     Document Type: Review

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