Neighborhood socioeconomic well-being, home literacy, and early literacy skills of at-risk preschoolers

Psychology in the Schools

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 755-769

  Froiland, John Mark ^a   Powell, Douglas R ^a   Diamond, Karen E ^a   Son, Seung Hee Claire ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84881614018     PISSN: 00333085     EISSN: 15206807     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pits.21711     Document Type: Article

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