Where there's smoke there's fire: Firesetting behaviour in children and adolescents

New Zealand Journal of Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 73-78

  Lamble, Ian ^a   McCardle, Shane ^a   Coleman, Ray ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

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EID: 0036950271     PISSN: 0112109X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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