Early language growth in children adopted from China: Preliminary normative data

Seminars in Speech and Language

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 22-32

  Polloc, Karen E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

China; International adoption; Language development; Normative; Vocabulary

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LINGUISTICS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; SKILL;

ADOPTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERNATIONALITY; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; MULTILINGUALISM; REFERENCE VALUES; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 30744470406     PISSN: 07340478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-864213     Document Type: Review

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