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Investigating the association between children’s screen media exposure and vocabulary size in the UK

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Investigating the association between children’s screen media exposure and vocabulary size in the UK. / Taylor, Gemma; Monaghan, P.; Westermann, G.

In: Journal of Children and Media, Vol. 12, No. 1, 01.01.2018, p. 51-65.

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Taylor, G, Monaghan, P & Westermann, G 2018, 'Investigating the association between children’s screen media exposure and vocabulary size in the UK', Journal of Children and Media, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 51-65. https://doi.org/10.1080/17482798.2017.1365737

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Taylor, G., Monaghan, P., & Westermann, G. (2018). Investigating the association between children’s screen media exposure and vocabulary size in the UK. Journal of Children and Media, 12(1), 51-65. https://doi.org/10.1080/17482798.2017.1365737

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Taylor G, Monaghan P, Westermann G. Investigating the association between children’s screen media exposure and vocabulary size in the UK. Journal of Children and Media. 2018 Jan 1;12(1):51-65. Epub 2017 Aug 29. doi: 10.1080/17482798.2017.1365737

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Taylor, Gemma ; Monaghan, P. ; Westermann, G. / Investigating the association between children’s screen media exposure and vocabulary size in the UK. In: Journal of Children and Media. 2018 ; Vol. 12, No. 1. pp. 51-65.

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