Brief report: Morality in the autistic child

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 571-579

  Blair, R James R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MORALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; HUMANS; MORALS;

EID: 0029861595     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02172277     Document Type: Article

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