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Assessment of Children and Adolescents: Special Considerations

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    Marissa Barmine, Natasha A. Schvey, Rachel Ress & Marian Tanofsky-Kraff

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Barmine, M., Schvey, N.A., Ress, R., Tanofsky-Kraff, M. (2017). Assessment of Children and Adolescents: Special Considerations. In: Wade, T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Feeding and Eating Disorders. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-104-6_1

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