Older Adults with Mental Retardation and Their Families

International Review of Research in Mental Retardation

Volumn 20, Issue C, 1997, Pages 99-136

  Heller, Tamar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 0005780756     PISSN: 00747750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0074-7750(08)60177-9     Document Type: Chapter

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