Sex Differences in Developmental Reading Disability: New Findings from 4 Epidemiological Studies

JAMA

Volumn 291, Issue 16, 2004, Pages 2007-2012

  Rutter, Michael ^a   Caspi, Avshalom ^a   Fergusson, David ^b   Horwood, L John ^b   Goodman, Robert ^a   Maughan, Barbara ^a   Moffitt, Terrie E ^a   Meltzer, Howard ^c   Carroll, Julia ^d  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c OFFICE FOR NATIONAL STATISTICS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 2142811536     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.291.16.2007     Document Type: Article

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