Sibship size, sibling cognitive sensitivity, and children's receptive vocabulary

Pediatrics

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Prime, Heather ^a   Pauker, Sharon ^a   Plamondon, André ^a   Perlman, Michal ^a   Jenkins, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Child development; Language development; Parent infant child interaction; Risk factors; Siblings

Indexed keywords

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; PARENT-INFANT/CHILD INTERACTION; RISK FACTORS; SIBLINGS;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; MALE; SIBLINGS; VOCABULARY;

EID: 84893208452     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2012-2874     Document Type: Article

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