Stress and adaptation in families of children with visual disabilities

Families in Society

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 240-249

  Leyser, Yona ^a   Heinze, Antoinette ^a   Kapperman, Gaylen ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0030304263     PISSN: 10443894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1606/1044-3894.905     Document Type: Article

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