Parenting Children with Mental Retardation

International Review of Research in Mental Retardation

Volumn 20, Issue C, 1997, Pages 1-45

  Baker, Bruce L ^a   Blacher, Jan ^b   Kopp, Claire B ^a   Kraemer, Bonnie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0002638235     PISSN: 00747750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0074-7750(08)60174-3     Document Type: Chapter

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