An epidemiological study of number processing and mental calculation in greek schoolchildren

Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 377-388

  Koumoula, Anastasia ^a,e   Tsironi, Vanda ^a   Stamouli, Victoria ^a   Bardani, Irini ^a   Siapati, Stavroula ^e   Graham, Annik ^a   Kafantaris, Ignatios ^e   Charalambidou, Irini ^a   Dellatolas, Georges ^b   Von Aster, Michael ^c,d  

^a First Dept Child P H Attica   (Greece)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c St Joseph Hospital   (Germany)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e NONE

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EID: 4544347987     PISSN: 00222194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00222194040370050201     Document Type: Article

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