Self-Injurious Behaviors: Assessment and Treatment
β Scribed by Perlmutter, Ilisse; Thomas, Christopher R.
- Book ID
- 122040596
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 69 KB
- Volume
- 41
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1527-5418
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