The impact of specific language impairment on adolescents' written text

Exceptional Children

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 427-446

  Dockrell, Julie E ^a   Lindsay, Geoff ^b   Connelly, Vincent ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77749255734     PISSN: 00144029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001440290907500403     Document Type: Article

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