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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 November 2022, jabfm.2022.220064R2; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2022.220064R2

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