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Parental Reading to Infants Improves Language Score: A Rural Family Medicine Intervention

Adam M. Franks, Callie Seaman, Emily K. Franks, William Rollyson and Todd Davies
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine December 2022, 35 (6) 1156-1162; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2022.220064R2

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