Health inequalities and people with learning disabilities in the UK

Tizard Learning Disability Review

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 42-48

  Emerson, Eric ^a   Baines, Susannah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84985032081     PISSN: 13595474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5042/tldr.2011.0008     Document Type: Article

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