Identifying intellectual disability: Some problems in the measurement of intelligence and adaptive behaviour

Australian Psychologist

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 97-102

  Jenkinson, Josephine C ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 0030305278     PISSN: 00050067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00050069608260187     Document Type: Article

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