Technology and the Neurologically Handicapped: A Conference Cosponsored by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the United Cerebral Palsy Foundation, and Held at Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, September 8-10, 1971Scientific and Technical Information Office, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1975 - Biomedical engineering - 281 pages |
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The National Research Council Program on Aid to the Neurologically | 35 |
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