Choice Availability and Persons with Mental Retardation: A Longitudinal and Regression Analysis

Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 291-305

  Kearney, Christopher A ^a   Bergan, Kevin P ^a   McKnight, Tami Jo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Choice availability; Persons with mental retardation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032363516     PISSN: 1056263X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022872108663     Document Type: Article

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