Grandparent support for mothers of children with and without physical disabilities

Families in Society

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 141-146

  Pit Ten Cate, Ineke M ^a   Hastings, Richard P ^b   Johnson, Hannah ^a   Titus, Sara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 34047163519     PISSN: 10443894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1606/1044-3894.3601     Document Type: Article

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