Prevalence of combined reading and arithmetic disabilities

Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 460-473

  Dirks, Evelien ^a   Spyer, Ginny ^a   Van Lieshout, Ernest C D M ^a   De Sonneville, Leo ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Disability; Mathematics; Reading

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PREVALENCE; RECOGNITION;

ACHIEVEMENT; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PREVALENCE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 49749096071     PISSN: 00222194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022219408321128     Document Type: Article

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