Preschool speech, language skills, and reading at 7, 9, and 10 years: Etiology of the relationship

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 311-332

  Hayiou Thomas, Marianna E ^a   Harlaar, Nicole ^b,d   Dale, Philip S ^c   Plomin, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^d MIND RESEARCH NETWORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Environment; Genes; Language; Reading; Speech

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE TEST; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; READING; SPEECH; TWINS;

CHILD; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE TESTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PHENOTYPE; READING; SPEECH; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 77950854540     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2009/07-0145)     Document Type: Article

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