From post-mortem to preventive medicine: Next steps for research on child witnesses

Journal of Social Issues

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 833-861

  Lyon, Thomas D ^a   Saywitz, Karen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; CHILD WELFARE; LEGAL SYSTEM; MEDICINE; MENTAL HEALTH;

EID: 33750459871     PISSN: 00224537     EISSN: 15404560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-4560.2006.00489.x     Document Type: Article

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