U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child: Current Challenges

American Psychologist

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1231-1233

  Murphy Berman, Virginia ^a   Weisz, Victoria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

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EID: 1542742314     PISSN: 0003066X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0003-066X.51.12.1231     Document Type: Article

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