Mexican and Mexican Americans' beliefs about God in relation to disability

Journal of Rehabilitation

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 41-50

  Glover, Noreen M ^a   Blankenship, Charlene J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

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