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Symbolic Play and Language Comprehension in Autistic Children

Ungerer, Judy A., Sigman, Marian·1981·Journal of the American Academy of Child Psychiatry
DOI 10.1016/s0002-7138(09)60992-4
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Authors
Ungerer, J. A., & Sigman, M.
Venue
Journal of the American Academy of Child Psychiatry
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
1981-03
Volume
20
Issue
2
Pages
318-337
ISSN
0002-7138 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/s0002-7138(09)60992-4
OpenAlex
W1986852432
Cited by
362
References
0
FWCI
3.10
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)

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Ungerer, J. A., & Sigman, M. (1981). Symbolic Play and Language Comprehension in Autistic Children. Journal of the American Academy of Child Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0002-7138(09)60992-4

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