Estimated mental retardation and school dropout in a sample of students from state public schools in Porto Alegre, Brazil
OBJECTIVES: To assess the association between estimated Mental Retardation (MR) and school dropout in a sample of students of the third and fourth grades at state schools in Porto Alegre, the capital of the southernmost state of Brazil. METHOD: In this case - control study, students that dropped out...
Main Authors: | Tramontina Silzá, Martins Silvia, Michalowski Mariana B, Ketzer Carla R, Eizirik Mariana, Biederman Joseph, Rohde Luis A |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria (ABP)
2002-01-01
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Series: | Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-44462002000400006 |
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