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Brief report: The internal consistency of the adaptive behavior scale total scores

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Roszkowski, M.J. Brief report: The internal consistency of the adaptive behavior scale total scores. J Autism Dev Disord 12, 425–428 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01538329

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