The Development of Graphomotor Skills

Hand Function in the Child: Foundations for Remediation

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 217-236

  Ziviani, Jenny ^a   Wallen, Margaret ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Children's Hospital at Westmead   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-032303186-8.50014-9     Document Type: Chapter

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