Racial and ethnic differences in ADHD and LD in young school-age children: Parental reports in the national health interview survey

Public Health Reports

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 383-392

  Pastor, Patricia N ^a   Reuben, Cynthia A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BIRTH WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERVIEW; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; UNITED STATES;

DRUG;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCOME; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LEARNING DISORDERS; NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS (U.S.); PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 22844443037     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 00333549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335490512000405     Document Type: Article

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