Male vulnerability to reading disability is not likely to be a myth: A call for new data

Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 109-129

  Liederman, Jacqueline ^d   Kantrowitz, Lore ^a   Flannery, Kathleen ^b,c  

^a MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b SAINT ANSELM COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Natl Alliance for the Mentally Ill   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 15944423278     PISSN: 00222194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00222194050380020201     Document Type: Article

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