Mental Retardation: A Life Cycle Approach
- ISBN-10
- 0675213576
- ISBN-13
- 9780675213578
- Series
- Mental Retardation
- Category
- Mental retardation
- Pages
- 476
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1992
- Publisher
- Merrill Publishing Company
- Authors
- Michael L. Hardman, Clifford J. Drew, Don R. Logan
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- 2006
- 543 pages
- Paperback
- Pearson Merrill Prentice Hall
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