State of the evidence regarding complimentary and alternative medical treatments for autism spectrum disorders

Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 437-447

  Umbarger III, Gardner T ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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