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Research Paper

Medical care services for people with intellectual disabilities living in the general community: A cross-sectional survey of inpatient care utilization in Taiwan, 2001

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Pages 1411-1416 | Accepted 01 Aug 2006, Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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