Children with psychiatric disorders and learning disabilities

British Medical Journal

Volumn 330, Issue 7494, 2005, Pages 742-743

  Simonoff, Emily ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTISM; CHILD HEALTH CARE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; HYPERKINESIA; LEARNING DISORDER; MENTAL DISEASE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

CHILD; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MENTAL DISORDERS;

EID: 16444369934     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.330.7494.742     Document Type: Editorial

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