Open AccessProfile of Social, Environmental and Biological Correlates in Intellectual Disability in A Resource-Poor Setting in India
Author(s) -
Ram Lakhan
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
indian journal of psychological medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 0975-1564
pISSN - 0253-7176
DOI - 10.4103/0253-7176.162957
Subject(s) - poverty , public health , intellectual disability , descriptive statistics , distribution (mathematics) , environmental health , population , gerontology , demography , socioeconomics , psychology , medicine , economic growth , sociology , psychiatry , economics , mathematical analysis , statistics , nursing , mathematics
Intellectual disability (ID) is a major public health issue in India. Social, environmental and biological factors all contribute to the nation's high rate of ID.