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Birth Order and Family Size of Approved School Boys

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Ian Berg
Affiliation:
Scalebor Park, Burley-in-Wharfedale, Ilkley, Yorkshire; formerly, the Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh
William Fearnley
Affiliation:
Scottish Education Department
Maxwell Paterson
Affiliation:
Scottish Approved Schools, Scottish Education Department, 429 Queensferry Road, Edinburgh 4
Gerard Pollock
Affiliation:
Scottish Council for Research in Education, 46 Moray Place, Edinburgh 3
Robert Vallance
Affiliation:
Scottish Approved Schools, Scottish Education Department, 7 Arthurlie Drive, Uplawmoor, Renfrewshire

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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1967 

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