Chapter 5 Foolish Action in Adults with Intellectual Disabilities. The Forgotten Problem of Risk-Unawareness

International Review of Research in Mental Retardation

Volumn 36, Issue , 2008, Pages 147-194

  Greenspan, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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EID: 58249087031     PISSN: 00747750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0074-7750(08)00005-0     Document Type: Review

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