Overview of health issues in school-aged children with down syndrome

International Review of Research in Mental Retardation

Volumn 39, Issue C, 2010, Pages 67-106

  Thomas, Kelly ^a,b   Girdler, Sonya ^a   Bourke, Jenny ^b   Deshpande, Aditya ^b   Bathgate, Katherine ^b   Fehr, Stephanie ^b   Leonard, Helen ^b  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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EID: 77955858642     PISSN: 00747750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0074-7750(10)39003-3     Document Type: Book

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