Genetic, environmental, and gender effects on individual differences in toddler expressive language

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 904-912

  Van Hulle, Carol A ^a,c   Goldsmith, H H ^a   Lemery, Kathryn S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender differences; Language; Toddlerhood; Twins

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; TWINS;

ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 4344715564     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2004/067)     Document Type: Article

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