Adult reading habits and patterns

Reading Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 175-203

  Scales, Alice M ^a   Rhee, Ock ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b Duksung Women's University   (South Korea)

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EID: 85011215864     PISSN: 02702711     EISSN: 15210685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/027027101753170610     Document Type: Article

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