Decision Making and Mental Retardation

International Review of Research in Mental Retardation

Volumn 22, Issue C, 1999, Pages 227-265

  Hickson, Linda ^a   Khemka, Ishita ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

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EID: 0041093772     PISSN: 00747750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0074-7750(08)60135-4     Document Type: Chapter

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