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Child and Adolescent Aggression

MEGA: An Ecological Risk Assessment Tool of Risk and Protective Factors for Assessing Sexually Abusive Children and Adolescents

Pages 734-756 | Received 31 Oct 2008, Accepted 11 Aug 2010, Published online: 15 Oct 2010

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