Child Abuse and Neglect: Usefulness of the Animal Data

Psychological Bulletin

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 211-223

  Maestripieri, Dario ^a   Carroll, Kelly A ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; HUMAN; INFANT; MACACA; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; MACACA;

EID: 0032068633     PISSN: 00332909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-2909.123.3.211     Document Type: Article

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