Chronic Stress and its Implications on Health Among Families of Children with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (I/DD)

International Review of Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 41, Issue C, 2011, Pages 127-161

  Miodrag, Nancy ^a   Hodapp, Robert M ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Depression; Intellectual disability; Memory; Poverty; Social status

Indexed keywords

EID: 85017169555     PISSN: 22116095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-386495-6.00004-7     Document Type: Chapter

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