Dual-earner parents with disabled children: Family patterns for working and caring

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1031-1060

  Lewis, Suzan ^a   Kagan, Carolyn ^a   Heaton, Patricia ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0034356404     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/019251300021008005     Document Type: Article

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