Understanding Mental Retardation
- ISBN-10
- 0521318785
- ISBN-13
- 9780521318785
- Category
- Medical
- Pages
- 292
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1986-08-29
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Authors
- Edward Zigler, Robert M. Hodapp
Description
Understanding Mental Retardation draws on our knowledge of normal development to inform their discussion of various aspects of retardation.
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- 1988
- 371 pages
- Paperback
- Brookes
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