Disruptive behavior, peer association, and conduct disorder: Testing the developmental links through early intervention

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 287-304

  Vitaro, Frank ^a   Brendgen, Mara ^b   Pagani, Linda ^b   Tremblay, Richard E ^b   McDuff, Pierre ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b NONE

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EID: 0000874230     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579499002060     Document Type: Article

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