Does weak reading comprehension reflect an integration deficit?

Journal of Research in Reading

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 173-193

  Spooner, Alice L R ^a   Gathercole, Susan E ^b   Baddeley, Alan D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33645669667     PISSN: 01410423     EISSN: 14679817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9817.2006.00284.x     Document Type: Article

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