The needs of iranian families of children with autism spectrum disorder, cross-cultural study

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue , 2011, Pages 321-326

  Ahmadi, Ahmad ^a   Sharifi, Ehsan ^b   Zalani, Hamzeh Azizi ^a   Bolouk, Shahrzad ^a   Amrai, Kourosh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b ALLAMEH TABATABA'I UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Autism; Iran; Need Assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858774929     PISSN: 18770428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2011.03.094     Document Type: Conference Paper

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