Modified Overt Aggression Scale (MOAS) for people with intellectual disability and aggressive challenging behaviour: A reliability study

Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 368-372

  Oliver, P C ^a   Crawford, M J ^a   Rao, B ^a   Reece, B ^a   Tyrer, P ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggressive challenging behaviour; Intellectual disability; Modified overt aggression scale

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250332517     PISSN: 13602322     EISSN: 14683148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3148.2006.00346.x     Document Type: Article

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