Adult age differences in vocabulary acquisition

Educational Gerontology

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 651-664

  Laumann Long, Lisa ^a   Shaw, Raymond J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MERRIMACK COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 0034555209     PISSN: 03601277     EISSN: 15210472     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03601270050200644     Document Type: Article

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