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Grandparents as Supports to Mothers of Persons with Intellectual Disability

Tamar Heller PhD Department of Disability and Human Development (DHD), University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), USA
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Kelly Hsieh MS Department of Disability and Human Development (DHD), University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), USA
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Louis Rowitz PhD School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC)., USA
Pages 23-34 | Received 10 Oct 1999, Accepted 12 Dec 1999, Published online: 15 Oct 2008

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