Language level and nonverbal social-communicative behaviors in autistic and language-delayed children

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1542-1550

  Lord, Catherine ^a   Pickles, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

autism; communication; language impairment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029850084     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004583-199611000-00024     Document Type: Article

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