The epigenesis of stuttering

Journal of Fluency Disorders

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 269-288

  Starkweather, C Woodruff ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Demands and Capacities Model; Environment; Genetics; Research questions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DISEASE COURSE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PHYSIOLOGY; READING; STUTTERING; THEORETICAL MODEL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CULTURE; EDUCATION, CONTINUING; FAMILY RELATIONS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; PEER GROUP; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL VALUES; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY; STUTTERING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036898015     PISSN: 0094730X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0094-730X(02)00144-4     Document Type: Article

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