Behavioural problems of 8-year-old children with and without intellectual disability

Journal of Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 15-24

  Taanila, Anja ^a   Ebeling, Hanna ^a   Heikura, Ulla ^a   Järvelin, Marjo Riitta ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavioural problems; Emotional problems; Intellectual disability; Psychiatric disturbance; Psychopathology; Rutter scale

Indexed keywords

EID: 85013607827     PISSN: 13042580     EISSN: 13050613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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