Characterizing the growth trajectories of language-impaired children between 7 and 11 years of age

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 739-749

  Law, James ^a   Tomblin, J Bruce ^b   Zhang, Xuyang ^b  

^a QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Growth trajectories; Language impairment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; GROWTH CURVE; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SAMPLING; SCHOOL CHILD;

ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPEECH DISORDERS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 46949090966     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2008/052)     Document Type: Article

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