Parents' report of vocabulary and grammatical development of African American preschoolers: Child and environmental associations

Child Development

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 92-106

  Roberts, Joanne E ^a   Burchinal, Margaret ^a   Durham, Meghan ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; PARENTS;

EID: 0032604516     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8624.00008     Document Type: Article

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