Effect of socioeconomic status of biological and adoptive parents on WISC-R subtest scores of their French adopted children

Intelligence

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 259-275

  Capron, Christiane ^a   Duyme, Michel ^b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b NONE

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EID: 0030147694     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0160-2896(96)90022-7     Document Type: Article

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