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Play and Toys in West Bengal: Self-reports of parents of children with cerebral palsy

Juliet Goldbart Department of Psychology and Speech Pathology, Manchester Metropolitan University, Hathersage Road, Manchester, M13 0JA, UK
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Swapna Mukherjee Spastics Society of Eastern India, Indian Institute of Cerebral Palsy, P-35/1, Taratolla Road, Calcutta, 700 088, India
Pages 337-353 | Published online: 21 Jul 2010

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