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. 2012 Sep 4;184(12):1373-7.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.101314. Epub 2012 Feb 6.

Physical punishment of children: lessons from 20 years of research

Joan Durrant  1 , Ron Ensom
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Physical punishment of children: lessons from 20 years of research

Joan Durrant et al. CMAJ. .
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