Economic Perspectives on Service Choice and Optimal Policy: Understanding the Effects of Family Heterogeneity on MR/DD Outcomes*

International Review of Research in Mental Retardation

Volumn 33, Issue , 2006, Pages 121-146

  So, Stephanie A ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 33845403123     PISSN: 00747750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0074-7750(06)33006-6     Document Type: Review

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