OtherEvidence-Based Clinical Medicine

Screening Tests for Adults with Intellectual Disabilities

Joanne E. Wilkinson, Larry Culpepper and Mary Cerreto
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine July 2007, 20 (4) 399-407; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2007.04.060210

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