Accuracy of the national adult reading test and spot the word estimates of premorbid intelligence in a non-clinical New Zealand sample

New Zealand Journal of Psychology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 53-61

  Barker Collo, Suzanne ^a   Bartle, Hamish ^a   Clarke, Annabel ^a   Van Toledo, Annik ^a   Vykopal, Helen ^a   Wllletts, Amanda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

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EID: 70350650591     PISSN: 0112109X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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