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Child Neuropsychology
A Journal on Normal and Abnormal Development in Childhood and Adolescence
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Original Articles

Executive functions and processing speed in children with mild to borderline intellectual disabilities and externalizing behavior problems

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Pages 442-462 | Received 14 Apr 2014, Accepted 18 Dec 2015, Published online: 21 Jan 2016

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