School dropout among youth with and without learning disabilities

Career Development for Exceptional Individuals

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 61-74

  Kortering, Larry J ^a   Braziel, Patricia M ^a  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 3042817767     PISSN: 08857288     EISSN: 15575047     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/088572889802100106     Document Type: Article

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