Clinical applications of the Digit Symbol-Coding subtest

The Quantified Process Approach to Neuropsychological Assessment

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 53-82

  Ryan, Joseph J ^a   Kreiner, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL MISSOURI   (United States)

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EID: 84918861460     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203720899     Document Type: Chapter

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