Vocational rehabilitation outcomes of adults with co-morbid borderline IQ and specific learning disabilities

Journal of Rehabilitation

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 31-36

  Dunham, Mardis D ^a   Schrader, Michael P ^b   Dunham, Karen S ^b  

^a MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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