Risk factors for language impairment in Swedish bilingual and monolingual children relative to severity

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 91, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1379-1384

  Salameh, E K ^b   Nettelbladt, U ^c   Gullberg, B ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Bilingual; Children; Language impairment; Monolingual; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENDER; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LINGUISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN;

EID: 12244262318     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2002.tb02837.x     Document Type: Article

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