Word definition skills in Spanish-speaking children with language impairment

Communication Disorders Quarterly

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 23-31

  Gutierrez Cleflen, Vera F ^a   DeCurtis, Lisa ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0002899147     PISSN: 15257401     EISSN: 15384837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/152574019902100104     Document Type: Article

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