A Technique for Group Screening of Dyslexia among Adults

Annals of Dyslexia

Volumn 53, Issue , 2003, Pages 324-339

  Wolff, Ulrika ^a,b   Lundberg, Ingvar ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b Box 300 ^*  (Sweden)

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EID: 0742324006     PISSN: 07369387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11881-003-0015-3     Document Type: Article

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