An overview of emotional maltreatment and failure-to-thrive

Child Abuse Review

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 370-388

  Iwaniec, Dorota ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0008540791     PISSN: 09529136     EISSN: 10990852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0852(199712)6:5<370::AID-CAR362>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Review

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