The preschool child witness: Errors in accounts of traumatic injury

Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 36-42

  Peterson, Carole ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

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EID: 0030526599     PISSN: 0008400X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0008-400X.28.1.36     Document Type: Article

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