Residential Facilities in the Community for People with Intellectual Disabilities: How Neighbours' Perceptions are Affected by the Interaction of Facility and Neighbour Variables

Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 100-109

  Schwartz, C ^a   Rabinovitz, S ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 0035635027     PISSN: 13602322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-3148.2001.00060.x     Document Type: Article

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