Evaluation of clumsiness in children

American Family Physician

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1435-1440

  Hamilton, S Sutton ^a  

^a Department of Ophthalmology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DEVELOPMENTAL COORDINATION DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRAWING; EDUCATION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HANDWRITING; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MOLECULAR STABILITY; MOTOR COORDINATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; SCHOOL; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIOLOGY; STANDARDIZATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MOTOR SKILLS; MOTOR SKILLS DISORDERS;

EID: 0037109807     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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