Estimating the Prevalence of Early Childhood Serious Emotional/behavioral Disorders: Challenges and Recommendations

Overview

Journal Public Health Rep

Publisher Sage Publications

Specialty Public Health

Date 2006 Apr 28

PMID 16640155

Citations 47

Authors

Cheryl Boydell Brauner

Cheryll Bowers Stephens

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