Temperament and learning disability

Learning Disability Quarterly

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 9-20

  Teglasi, Hedwig ^a   Cohn, Andrea ^a   Meshbesher, Nicole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 3142752640     PISSN: 07319487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1593628     Document Type: Article

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