Language functioning of residents in family homeless shelters

American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 229-242

  O'Neil Pirozzi, Therese M ^a,b  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b 103 Forsyth Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Families; Homelessness; Language

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CLINICAL STUDY; EDUCATION; FAMILY; HEARING; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOTHER; READING; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SCREENING; SPEECH; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WRITING;

EID: 0038719913     PISSN: 10580360     EISSN: 15589110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1058-0360(2003/069)     Document Type: Article

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