Impact of sex education programs on sexual knowledge and feelings of men with a mild intellectual disability

Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 269-283

  Garwood, Monique ^b   McCabe, Marita P ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE

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