Boy/girl differences in risk for reading disability: Potential clues?

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 154, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 787-794

  St Sauver, Jennifer L ^a   Katusic, Slavica K ^a   Barbaresi, William J ^a   Colligan, Robert C ^a   Jacobsen, Steven J ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Case control studies; Dyslexia; Educational status; Learning disorders; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

GENDER DISPARITY;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DYSLEXIA; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LEARNING DISORDER; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; DYSLEXIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PATERNAL AGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0035500686     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/154.9.787     Document Type: Article

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