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Trends in age-standardised mortality rates and life expectancy of people with learning disabilities in Sheffield over a 33-year period

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Trends in age-standardised mortality rates and life expectancy of people with learning disabilities in Sheffield over a 33-year period. / Emerson, Eric; Glover, Gyles; Hatton, Chris et al.
In: Tizard Learning Disability Review, Vol. 19, No. 2, 17107573, 01.01.2014, p. 90-95.

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Emerson E, Glover G, Hatton C, Wolstenholme J. Trends in age-standardised mortality rates and life expectancy of people with learning disabilities in Sheffield over a 33-year period. Tizard Learning Disability Review. 2014 Jan 1;19(2):90-95. 17107573. doi: 10.1108/TLDR-01-2014-0003

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