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Chapter 3 - The epidemiology of psychiatric disorders in adults with intellectual disabilities

from Section 1 - Foundations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 March 2016

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Jason Buckles
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Colin Hemmings  and
Nick Bouras
Colin Hemmings
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Albion Place Medical Centre
Nick Bouras
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, London
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Psychiatric and Behavioral Disorders in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities , pp. 34 - 44
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2016

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