Vocabulary development in children with Down syndrome: Longitudinal and cross-sectional data

Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 310-317

  Zampini, Laura ^a   D'Odorico, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cross sectional design; Developmental age; Down syndrome; Longitudinal design; Vocabulary size

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LINGUISTICS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; VOCABULARY;

EID: 84888240741     PISSN: 13668250     EISSN: 14699532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13668250.2013.828833     Document Type: Article

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