The Measurement of Poverty and Socioeconomic Position in Research Involving People with Intellectual Disability

International Review of Research in Mental Retardation

Volumn 32, Issue , 2006, Pages 77-108

  Emerson, Eric ^a   Graham, Hilary ^a   Hatton, Chris ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33750146108     PISSN: 00747750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0074-7750(06)32003-4     Document Type: Review

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