Early Literacy Interventions: Reach Out and Read

Pediatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 625-642

  Willis, Earnestine ^a   Kabler Babbitt, Claudia ^a   Zuckerman, Barry ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LINGUISTICS; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; READING; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DYSLEXIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VERBAL LEARNING; VOCABULARY;

EID: 34249277374     PISSN: 00313955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcl.2007.02.012     Document Type: Review

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