Defining reading disability using a multifaceted approach

Learning Disability Quarterly

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 59-71

  Pereira Laird, Joyce A ^a   Deane, Frank P ^b   Bunnell, Julie ^b  

^a KPMG   (Netherlands)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

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EID: 0033242640     PISSN: 07319487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1511152     Document Type: Article

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