The Role of Motivation in the Decision Making of Adolescents with Mental Retardation

International Review of Research in Mental Retardation

Volumn 31, Issue , 2006, Pages 73-115

  Khemka, Ishita ^a   Hickson, Linda ^b  

^a LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

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EID: 33646701609     PISSN: 00747750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0074-7750(05)31003-2     Document Type: Review

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