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Child Neuropsychology
A Journal on Normal and Abnormal Development in Childhood and Adolescence
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Performance on the Test of Memory Malingering (TOMM) among a large clinic-referred pediatric sample

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Pages 242-254 | Received 24 Jun 2009, Accepted 12 Oct 2010, Published online: 02 Feb 2011

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