Academic performance in ADHD when controlled for comorbid learning disorders, family income, and parental education in Brazil

Journal of Attention Disorders

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 469-473

  Carmine Pastura, Giuseppe Mario ^a   Mattos, Paulo ^a   Campos Arajo, Alexandra Prufer De Queiroz ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Academic performance; ADHD; Attention deficit disorder

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BRAZIL; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BRAZIL; CHILD; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNDERACHIEVEMENT;

EID: 60449111950     PISSN: 10870547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1087054708320401     Document Type: Article

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