Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Volume 47, Issue 5 , Pages 486-490 , May 2008

Understanding the Child Consumer

  • JULIET B. SCHOR, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to Dr. Juliet B. Schor, McGuinn Hall 426, Boston College, 140 Commonwealth Avenue, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467-3807;.
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  • Schuyler W. Henderson, M.D. (Assistant Editor)

,Accepted 19 December 2007.

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Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Volume 47, Issue 5 , Pages 486-490 , May 2008