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Homosexuality in Institutionalized Retardates

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

George S. Fidone
George S. Fidone*
Affiliation:
Texas Department of Mental Healthand Mental Retardation, Austin, Texas
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 8 , Issue 6 , June 1987 , pp. 231
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1987

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