The mysterious myth of attention deficits and other defect stories: Contemporary issues in the developmental approach to mental retardation

International Review of Research in Mental Retardation

Volumn 24, Issue , 2001, Pages 299-320

  Burack, Jacob A ^a   Evans, David W ^b   Klaiman, Cheryl ^a   Iarocci, Grace ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0009018553     PISSN: 00747750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/s0074-7750(01)80012-4     Document Type: Article

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