Impact of sociodemographic characteristics on the identification rates of minority students as having mental retardation

Mental Retardation

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 351-367

  Oswald, Donald P ^a   Coutinho, Martha J ^b   Best, Al M ^a   Nguyen, Nu ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MINORITY GROUP; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; CULTURE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MINORITY GROUPS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035491478     PISSN: 00476765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/0047-6765(2001)039<0351:IOSCOT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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