A Survey of Medication Treatment for Hyperactive/Inattentive Students

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 260, Issue 15, 1988, Pages 2256-2258

  Safer, Daniel J ^a   Krager, John M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; DEXAMPHETAMINE; METHYLPHENIDATE; PEMOLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; DRUG USE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BALTIMORE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHYLPHENIDATE; SCHOOLS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0023782839     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1988.03410150104040     Document Type: Article

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