South Asian Indian cultural orientations toward mental retardation

Mental Retardation

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 12-25+92

  Gabel, Susan ^a  

^a NATIONAL LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INDIAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NORMAL HUMAN; SOUTH ASIA; THINKING; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 11144355796     PISSN: 00476765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/0047-6765(2004)42<12:SAICOT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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