Does a short symptom checklist accurately diagnose ADHD?

Journal of Family Practice

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 412-416

  Zolotor, Adam J ^a   Mayer, Jill ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; IMPULSIVENESS; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; ADOLESCENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 2442605492     PISSN: 00943509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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