Preliminary information on stuttering characteristics contrasted between African American and White children

Journal of Communication Disorders

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 97-108

  Olsen, Lisa Taylor ^a   Steelman, Mary Lynn ^b   Buffalo, M D ^c   Montague, Jim ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b Health Services   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERSATION; HUMAN; MALE; NEGRO; RACE DIFFERENCE; READING; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; STUTTERING; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STUTTERING;

EID: 0032931445     PISSN: 00219924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9924(98)00032-X     Document Type: Article

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