Can we believe what children tell us?

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 843-847

  Oates, Kim ^a  

^a University of Sydney   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD NEGLECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FALSE MEMORY; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIFE EVENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEMORY; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; REVIEW; SEXUAL ABUSE; SOCIAL STATUS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; DECEPTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; JURISPRUDENCE; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MEMORY; NEW SOUTH WALES; PEDIATRICS;

EID: 36349001708     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2007.01243.x     Document Type: Review

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