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

Multivariate base rates for the assessment of executive functioning among children and adolescents

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Pages 836-858 | Received 14 May 2018, Accepted 20 Oct 2018, Published online: 11 Dec 2018

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