Correlates of attitudes toward the application of eugenics to the treatment of people with intellectual disabilities

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 69-74

  Ouimet, J ^a   De Man, A F ^a  

^a BISHOP'S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 24044487251     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.1998.26.1.69     Document Type: Article

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