Healthy Ageing – Adults with Intellectual Disabilities: Ageing and Social Policy
- 1 August 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities
- Vol. 14 (3) , 229-255
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1468-3148.2001.00067.x
Abstract
This report has been prepared by the Ageing Special Interest Research Group of the International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual Disabilities (IASSID) in collaboration with the Department of Mental Health and Substance Dependence and the Programme on Ageing and Health, World Health Organization (WHO), Geneva, Switzerland, and all rights are reserved by the above mentioned organization. The document may, however, be freely reviewed, abstracted, reproduced or translated in part, but not for sale or use in conjunction with commercial purposes. It may also be reproduced in full by non‐commercial entities for information or for educational purposes with prior permission from WHO/IASSID. The document is likely to be available in other languages also. For more information on this document, please visit the following websites: , and .Keywords
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