Using toys to stimulate communicative function in individuals with Alzheimer's disease

Journal of Medical Speech-Language Pathology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 73-80

  Hopper, Tammy ^a   Bayles, Kathryn A ^a   Tomoeda, Cheryl K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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