Research Brief: Some Data Concerning the Reporting of Participants' Gender in the Mental Retardation Literature

Mental Retardation

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 75-77

  Porter, Cari L ^a   Christian, LeeAnn ^b   Poling, Alan ^a  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Institute for Applied Behavior Analysis   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PUBLICATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; AGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PUBLISHING; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; PUBLISHING; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0038316477     PISSN: 00476765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/0047-6765(2003)041<0075:RBSDCT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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