Using objective effort measures to detect noncredible cognitive test performance in children and adolescents

Neuropsychology of Malingering Casebook

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 369-376

  Flaro, Lloyd ^a   Boone, Kyle ^b  

^a Harbor UCLA Medical Center Los Angeles Biomedical Institute ^*  (Canada)

^b HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 78249256791     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203890042     Document Type: Chapter

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