The Health of People with Intellectual Disability

نویسندگان

  • Nicholas Lennox
  • Henny Lantman
  • Robert Davis
  • Seeta Durvasula
  • Jacqueline Small
  • Margaret Kyrkou
چکیده

1Queensland Centre for Intellectual and Developmental Disability, School of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia 2Department of Primary and Community Care Centre for Family Medicine, Geriatric Care and Public Health, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, 6525 GA Nijmegen, The Netherlands 3Centre for Developmental Disability Health, School of Primary Health Care, Victoria, Notting Hill, VIC 3168, Australia 4Centre for Disability Studies, Northern Clinical School, Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW 2050, Australia 5 Sydney Children’s Hospital Network (Westmead), The University of Sydney, Westmead, NSW 2145, Australia 6Department for Communities and Social Inclusion, Centre for Disability Health, Disability Services, Modbury, SA 5092, Australia

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دوره 2011  شماره 

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تاریخ انتشار 2011