How to... Produce a bad results section

Psychologist

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 646-648

  Wright, Daniel B ^a   Williams, Siân ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b Roy Coll of Paediatr/Child Hlth   (United Kingdom)

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