Assessing children's competence to consent in research by a standardized tool: a validity study.

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Published in BMC Pediatr on September 25, 2012

Authors

Irma M Hein1, Pieter W Troost, Robert Lindeboom, Martine C de Vries, C Michel Zwaan, Ramón J L Lindauer

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and de Bascule, Academic Medical Center Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 5, Amsterdam, 1105, AZ, The Netherlands. i.hein@debascule.com

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