The Impact of Deinstitutionalization on the Adaptive Behavior of Adults with Mental Retardation: A Meta-Analysis

Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 255-261

  Lynch, Patricia S ^b   Kellow, J Thomas ^a   Willson, Victor L ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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