Reading Disability With or Without Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Do Attentional Problems Make a Difference?

Developmental Neuropsychology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 337-349

  Närhi, Vesa ^a   Ahonen, Timo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

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EID: 0001146426     PISSN: 87565641     EISSN: 15326942     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/87565649509540624     Document Type: Article

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