Future Prospects: A Challenge to Promote Wellness

Physical Health of Adults with Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 265-273

  Prasher, Vee P ^a   Janicki, Matthew P ^b  

^a Monyhull Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

David satcher; Epidemiology; Human genome; Intellectual disabilities; Phenotypic physical problems

Indexed keywords

EID: 84957653728     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470776216.ch13     Document Type: Chapter

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