Epidemiological and offspring analyses of developmental speech disorders using data from the Colorado adoption project

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 778-791

  Felsenfeld, Susan ^a,b   Plomin, Robert ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Adoption study; Behavioral genetics; Colorado Adoption Project; Developmental speech disorders

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PROGENY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPEECH DISORDER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030800014     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/jslhr.4004.778     Document Type: Article

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