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Mortality in People with Intellectual Disabilities
Author(s) -
Heslop Pauline,
Lauer Emily,
Hoghton Matt
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.056
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1468-3148
pISSN - 1360-2322
DOI - 10.1111/jar.12196
Subject(s) - intellectual disability , relation (database) , psychology , learning disability , disabled people , gerontology , developmental psychology , actuarial science , psychiatry , medicine , business , computer science , database , cerebral palsy
This paper reviews why an understanding of mortality data in general, and in relation to people with intellectual disabilities in particular, is an important area of concern, and introduces the papers in this S pecial E dition.