Occupation choices of adults with and without symptoms of dyslexia

Dyslexia

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 177-185

  Taylor, Kathleen E ^a   Walter, Janet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adults; Developmental dyslexia; Job choice; Occupation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; FINANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGEMENT; MARKETING; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NURSING; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SAMPLING; SCIENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; CAREER CHOICE; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0141652913     PISSN: 10769242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dys.239     Document Type: Article

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