Young maltreated children’s competence to take the oath

Applied Developmental Science

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 16-27

  Lyon, Thomas D ^a   Saywitz, Karen J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0003331764     PISSN: 10888691     EISSN: 1532480X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s1532480xads0301_3     Document Type: Article

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