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March 1, 2024Child Care Health and DevelopmentOpen Access

Physical health conditions in young children with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities: The prevalence and associations between these conditions

Anouk Mol‐Bakker Annette van der Putten Wim P. Krijnen Aly Waninge

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Abstract

It is thought that physical health conditions start at a young age in people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PIMD). Knowledge regarding the prevalence, associations and development of these physical health conditions could be used for purposes of prevention as well as appropriate care and support but is currently lacking.

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Mol‐Bakker et al. (2024) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68e76333b6db6435876d9059 https://doi.org/10.1111/cch.13252

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