Children's understanding of the causal origins of disability

Journal of Cognition and Development

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 383-397

  Smith, Lesley A ^a   Williams, Joanne M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BLINDNESS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING DISORDER; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL DISABILITY;

EID: 21044451846     PISSN: 15248372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327647jcd0503_5     Document Type: Article

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