Against the odds: Growing up with parents who have learning difficulties

Mental Retardation

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-14

  Booth, Tim ^a   Booth, Wendy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; PARENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS;

EID: 0034131815     PISSN: 00476765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/0047-6765(2000)038<0001:ATOGUW>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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