Educational level, socioeconomic status and aphasia research: A comment on Connor et al. (2001) - Effect of socioeconomic status on aphasia severity and recovery

Brain and Language

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 449-452

  Reis, Alexandra ^a,d   Petersson, Karl Magnus ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^d KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APHASIA; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION; HUMAN; READING; REVIEW; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0345305363     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-934X(03)00140-8     Document Type: Article

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