The development of pragmatic communication skills in head injured children

Pediatric Rehabilitation

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 177-186

  Didus, Elissa ^a   Anderson, Vicki A ^a   Catroppa, Cathy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Communication; Language; Paediatric; Pre school children; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKILL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0033510281     PISSN: 13638491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/136384999289441     Document Type: Article

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