Attitudes toward aging in adult and elderly people with intellectual disability

Educational Gerontology

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 745-759

  Lifshitz, Hefziba ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 0036811040     PISSN: 03601277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03601270290099912     Document Type: Article

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