The Life Expectancy of People with Intellectual Disabilities in Germany

Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 373-382

  Dieckmann, Friedrich ^a   Giovis, Christos ^a   Offergeld, Jana ^a  

^a MÜNSTER UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age structure; Demographic change; Germany; Intellectual disabilities; Life expectancy; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRENDS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84938699742     PISSN: 13602322     EISSN: 14683148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jar.12193     Document Type: Article

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