Social deficits and interpersonal relationships in autism

Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 65-72

  Travis, Lisa L ^a,b   Sigman, Marian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Communications; Emotions

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0031948101     PISSN: 10804013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2779(1998)4:2<65::AID-MRDD2>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Review

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