Children's Memory for Traumatic Injury

Child Development

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 3045-3070

  Peterson, Carole ^a,b   Bell, Michael ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b Psychology Department   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MEMORY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0030347882     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.1996.tb01902.x     Document Type: Article

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