The Aging Developmentally Disabled Person: A Review
The GerontologistPublished 1 December 1986
Thomas Walz, Dennis C. Harper, John T. Wilson
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Journal Article The Aging Developmentally Disabled Person: A Review Get access Thomas Walz, PhD, Thomas Walz, PhD Professor 1Department of Social Work, Universityof IowaIowa City, IA 52242 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Dennis Harper, PhD, Dennis Harper, PhD Professor 2Department of Pediatrics, University of Iowa Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar John Wilson, MSW John Wilson, MSW Research Assistant 3University of Iowa Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar The Gerontologist, Volume 26, Issue 6, December 1986, Pages 622–629, https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/26.6.622 Published: 01 December 1986
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