Japanese studies on attitudes towards persons with mental retardation

Mental Retardation

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 245-251

  Tachibana, Toshiaki ^a   Watanabe, Kanji ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATION, SPECIAL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0039484796     PISSN: 00476765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/0047-6765(2002)040<0245:JSOATP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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