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Cancer and Mental Handicap

A Further Study (1976–85)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 January 2018

J. Jancar
J. Jancar*
Affiliation:
Stoke Park Hospital, Stapleton, Bristol BS16 1QU
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Abstract

In four hospitals for the mentally handicapped, 302 patients died during the decade 1976–85; of these, 53 (17.5%) died from cancer. The percentage of deaths from all types of cancer during that period showed an increase, particularly in gastrointestinal cancer, as compared with the previous four decades.

Type
Research Article
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 156 , Issue 4 , April 1990 , pp. 531 - 533
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1990 

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