Development and preliminary evaluation of the Ontario child neglect index

Child Maltreatment

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 145-155

  Trocmé, Nico ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 0009973133     PISSN: 10775595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077559596001002006     Document Type: Article

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