Is childhood hyperactivity the product of western culture?

Lancet

Volumn 348, Issue 9020, 1996, Pages 73-74

  Anderson, J C ^a  

^a Puketiro Centre   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIETY;

EID: 0030037203     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)64598-9     Document Type: Note

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