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    Young-Shin Kim

  2. Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

    Soonjo Hwang

  3. Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research (NKI), Orangeburg, NY, USA

    Bennett Leventhal

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Kim, YS., Hwang, S., Leventhal, B. (2021). Bullying. In: Volkmar, F.R. (eds) Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91280-6_1382

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