Variations in the home literacy environment of preschool children: A cluster analytic approach

Scientific Studies of Reading

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 146-174

  Phillips, Beth M ^a   Lonigan, Christopher J ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 70449586897     PISSN: 10888438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10888430902769533     Document Type: Article

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