Still at home: Participation in paid employment of mothers of children with learning disabiiities

British Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 100-104

  Shearn, Julia ^a  

^a Welsh Centre for Learning Disabilities   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0347461949     PISSN: 13544187     EISSN: 14683156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3156.1998.tb00059.x     Document Type: Article

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