Reading ability: Lexical quality to comprehension

Scientific Studies of Reading

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 357-383

  Perfetti, Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

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EID: 35548940640     PISSN: 10888438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10888430701530730     Document Type: Article

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