Effects of Two Experimental Educational Programs on the Socio-Sexual Knowledge and Attitudes of Adults with Mild Intellectual Disability

Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 207-211

  Bambury, Jan ^b   Wilton, Keri ^a   Boyd, Andrea ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b NONE

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