A descriptive social and health profile of a community sample of adults and adolescents with Asperger syndrome

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 3, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Balfe, Myles ^a   Tantam, Digby ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 78149354853     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-3-300     Document Type: Article

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