The strategic nature of less skilled readers' suppression problems

Discourse Processes

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 281-302

  Long, Debra L ^a   Seely, Mark R ^a   Oppy, Brian J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0000396531     PISSN: 0163853X     EISSN: 15326950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01638539909545064     Document Type: Article

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