Influence of schooling on language abilities of adults without linguistic disorders

Sao Paulo Medical Journal

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 134-139

  Soares, Ellen Cristina Siqueira ^a   Ortiz, Karin Zazo ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adult; Educational status; Evaluation studies publication type ; Language; Language tests

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE TEST; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; READING; SCHOOL; SOCIAL ASPECT; SPEECH AND LANGUAGE ASSESSMENT; SPEECH ARTICULATION; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; SPEECH DISORDER; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMPREHENSION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70849085835     PISSN: 15163180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-31802009000300005     Document Type: Article

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