Male prevalence for reading disability is found in a large sample of Black and White children free from ascertainment bias

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 433-442

  Flannery, Kathleen A ^a   Liederman, Jacqueline ^b   Daly, Liza ^c   Schultz, Jennifer ^c  

^a SAINT ANSELM COLLEGE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Dyslexia; Learning disability; Reading disability; Sex differences; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; APTITUDE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; DYSLEXIA; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATIONS; READING; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 0034043010     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617700644016     Document Type: Article

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