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Child Neuropsychology
A Journal on Normal and Abnormal Development in Childhood and Adolescence
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A survey of neuropsychologists’ use of validity tests with children and adolescents

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Pages 1001-1020 | Received 09 Jun 2015, Accepted 19 Jul 2015, Published online: 21 Aug 2015

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