An evaluation of the special needs referral process for low-income preschool children with emotional and behavioral problems

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 465-482

  Fantuzzo, John ^a   Stoltzfus, Jill ^b   Lutz, Megan Noone ^b   Hamlet, Helen ^b   Balraj, Vijaykumar ^b   Turner, Colleen ^b   Mosca, Samuel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0033470224     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0885-2006(99)00030-7     Document Type: Article

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