Children's Perceptions of their Abusive Experience: Measurement and Preliminary Findings

Child Maltreatment

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 41-53

  Kolko, David J ^a   Brown, Elissa J ^b   Berliner, Lucy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY CHILD STUDY CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 84993724913     PISSN: 10775595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077559502007001004     Document Type: Article

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