Families of 30-35-year olds with down's syndrome

Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 75-84

  Carr, Janet ^a,b  

^a Gaston Cottages   (United Kingdom)

^b 2 Gaston Cottages ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adults; Down's syndrome; Families

Indexed keywords

EID: 14644414848     PISSN: 13602322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3148.2004.00226.x     Document Type: Article

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