Guidelines for developing screening programs

Psychology in the Schools

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 129-142

  Rafoth, Mary Ann ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 0041048768     PISSN: 00333085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1520-6807(199704)34:2<129::aid-pits6>3.0.co;2-l     Document Type: Article

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