Evaluation and classification of types of chinese handwriting deficits in elementary schoolchildren

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 631-647

  Chang, Shao Hsia ^a   Yu, Nan Ying ^a  

^a I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 31344480713     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.101.2.631-647     Document Type: Article

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