Are Fears in Adults with Mental Retardation Adequately Represented in Fear Surveys?

Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-16

  Ramirez, Sylvia Z ^a   Morgan, Valerie R ^b   Manns, Ronald ^c   Welsh, Robert E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c Texas Dept Mental Hlth Mental R   (United States)

Author keywords

Adults; Assessment; Fear; Mental retardation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034408371     PISSN: 1056263X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009454125761     Document Type: Article

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