Two low-cost measures of child and adolescent functioning for services research

Evaluation and Program Planning

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 263-275

  Bickman, L ^a,b   Lambert, E W ^a   Karver, M ^a   Andrade, A R ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child and adolescent functioning; Mental health

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001617172     PISSN: 01497189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-7189(98)00016-0     Document Type: Article

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