The etiology of diverse receptive language skills at 12 years

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 982-992

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Genetics; Language; Language comprehension

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE TEST; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEMANTICS; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TWINS;

CHILD; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE ARTS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE TESTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; SEMANTICS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 77955374818     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2009/09-0108)     Document Type: Article

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