Prevalence and expression of depressive symptomatology in students with and without learning disabilities

Learning Disability Quarterly

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 24-36

  Heath, Nancy Lee ^a   Ross, Shana ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 0034338647     PISSN: 07319487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1511097     Document Type: Article

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