Behavioral and neuropsychological correlates of hyperactivity and inattention in Brazilian school children

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 732-739

  Brito, Gilberto N O ^a   Pereira, Claudia C S ^a   Santos Morales, Tanna R ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BRAZIL; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; INTELLIGENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIALIZATION;

ACHIEVEMENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0032711381     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0012162299001498     Document Type: Article

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