Mortality among a Cohort of Persons with an Intellectual Disability in New South Wales, Australia

Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 383-393

  Florio, Tony ^a,b   Trollor, Julian ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN COLLEGE OF APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Cohort studies; Intellectual disabilities; Mortality; Record linkage

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEW SOUTH WALES; PREMATURE MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRENDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MORTALITY, PREMATURE; NEW SOUTH WALES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84938750155     PISSN: 13602322     EISSN: 14683148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jar.12190     Document Type: Article

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