Traditional and computer-based screening and diagnosis of reading disabilities in Greek

Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 15-35

  Protopapas, Athanassios ^a   Skaloumbakas, Christos ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR LANGUAGE AND SPEECH PROCESSING   (Greece)

^b Athens Medical Pedagogical Center

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EID: 33846499616     PISSN: 00222194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00222194070400010201     Document Type: Article

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