General learning disorder: A new designation for mental retardation

Mental Retardation

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 68-70

  Baroff, George S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NOMENCLATURE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; CHILD; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MENTAL RETARDATION; STEREOTYPING; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 0033072339     PISSN: 00476765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/0047-6765(1999)037<0068:GLDAND>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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