Use and development of the rutter parents' and teachers' scales

International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 63-78

  Elander, James ^a   Rutter, Michael ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child behaviour problems; Conduct disorder; Emotional disorder; Epidemiology; Hyperactivity; Rutter scales; Screening questionnaires

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001939143     PISSN: 10498931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1234-988X(199607)6:2<63::AID-MPR151>3.3.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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