The diversity of attention deficits in ADHD: The prevalence of four cognitive factors in ADHD versus controls

Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 142-157

  Tsal, Yehoshua ^c   Shalev, Lilach ^a   Mevorach, Carmel ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 15944378589     PISSN: 00222194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00222194050380020401     Document Type: Article

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