10 Behavioral Problems Among Preschool Children in South Africa: A Six-Year Longitudinal Perspective From Birth to Age Five

International Perspectives on Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Volumn 1, Issue C, 2000, Pages 159-182

  Richter, Linda M ^a   Dev Griesel, R ^a   Barbarin, Oscar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 77957053206     PISSN: 18745911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1874-5911(00)80011-1     Document Type: Article

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