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Researching the Autism Spectrum: Contemporary Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1-16

  Roth, Ilona ^a   Rezaie, Payam ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84886781578     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511973918.003     Document Type: Editorial

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