Borderline intellectual functioning and the intellectual disability construct

Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 386-389

  Ferrari, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISABILITY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LEARNING DISORDER; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NOTE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LEARNING DISORDERS; MENTAL RETARDATION; RESEARCH;

EID: 74249098079     PISSN: 19349556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/1934-9556-47.5.386     Document Type: Note

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