Increased methylphenidate usage for attention deficit disorder in the 1990s

Pediatrics

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1084-1088

  Safer, Daniel J ^a,b,d   Zito, Julie M ^c   Fine, Eric M ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity; methylphenidate; pharmacoepidemiology

Indexed keywords

METHYLPHENIDATE;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMAL BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARYLAND; METHYLPHENIDATE; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SYMPATHOMIMETICS;

EID: 0029908351     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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