Physical Health and Clinical Phenotypes

Physical Health of Adults with Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 35-62

  O'Brien, Gregory ^a   Barnard, Louise ^b   Pearson, Joanne ^b   Rippon, Lisa ^c  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c TYNE AND WEAR NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical phenotypes; Life expectancy; Morbidity; Mortality; Physiotherapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84957622598     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470776216.ch3     Document Type: Chapter

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