Students admitted to university who fail: Hidden disabilities affecting students' performance

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 99-105

  Pottinger, A M ^a   La Hee, F ^a   Asmus, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ACADEMIC FAILURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHECKLIST; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; JAMAICA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; PEER COUNSELING; PERFORMANCE; PSYCHIATRY; RISK; SCHOOL ADMISSION; SCREENING; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; TIME MANAGEMENT; TRAINING; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70049089625     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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