Prevalence of Reading Disability in Boys and Girls: Results of the Connecticut Longitudinal Study

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 264, Issue 8, 1990, Pages 998-1002

  Shaywitz, Sally E ^a,b   Shaywitz, Bennett A ^a,b   Fletcher, Jack M ^c   Escobar, Michael D ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALEXIA; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CONNECTICUT; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PREVALENCE; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0025181072     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1990.03450080084036     Document Type: Article

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