Implications of family environment and language development: Comparing typically developing children to those with spina bifida

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 709-716

  Vachha, Behroze ^a   Adams, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Family environment language; Hydrocephalus; Myelomeningocele; Spinabifida

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MENINGOMYELOCELE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEMANTICS; SPINA BIFIDA; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 68549123568     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: 13652214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2009.00966.x     Document Type: Article

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