Double-blind methylphenidate trials: Practical, useful, and highly endorsed by families

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 153, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1292-1296

  Kent, Mary Ann ^a   Camfield, Carol S ^a,b   Camfield, Peter R ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLPHENIDATE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032708960     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.153.12.1292     Document Type: Article

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