Unraveling genetic and environmental components of early literacy: A twin study

Reading and Writing

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 293-306

  Bus, A G ^a   Out, D ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Emergent literacy; Environmental component; Genetics; Structural equation modeling; Twin study

Indexed keywords

EID: 58849099702     PISSN: 09224777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11145-008-9115-0     Document Type: Article

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