Epidemiology: Informing Clinical Practice and Research on Language Disorders of Children

Topics in Language Disorders

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-26

  Lubker, Bobbie Boyd ^a   Tomblin, J Bruce ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Language development disorders

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032328540     PISSN: 02718294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00011363-199811000-00003     Document Type: Article

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