Shared Reading Interaction in Families with and without Genetic Risk for Dyslexia: Implications for Toddlers' Language Development

Infant and Child Development

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 179-195

  Laakso, Marja Leena ^a   Poikkeus, Anna Maija ^a   Lyytinen, Paula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Dyslexia; Early shared reading; Language skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033260328     PISSN: 15227227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1522-7219(199912)8:4<179::AID-ICD197>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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