Reading environment at home and at school of Swedish students with visual impairments

Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 211-224

  Fellenius, Kerstin ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAILLE; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HOME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; READING; SCHOOL; SWEDEN; TELEVISION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0032907267     PISSN: 0145482X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0145482x9909300403     Document Type: Article

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