A comparison of North American versus non-North American ADHD study populations

European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 177-181

  Buitelaar, Jan K ^a   Barton, Joanne ^b   Danckaerts, Marina ^c   Friedrichs, Edgar ^d   Gillberg, Christopher ^e   Hazell, Philip L ^f   Hellemans, Hans ^g   Johnson, Mats ^h   Kalverdijk, Luuk J ⁱ   Masi, Gabriele ^j   Michelson, David ^k   Revol, Olivier ^l   San Sebastian, Javier ^m   Zhang, Shuyu ^k   Zuddas, Alessandro ⁿ  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Staffordshire   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d Göteborg University ^*

^e UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^f Queensland Health The Institute for Child and Youth Mental Health   (Australia)

^g Antwerp Child and Adolescent Psychiatric and Psychotherapeutic Centre   (Australia)

^h Barnneuropsykiatriska Kliniken   (Sweden)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^j UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^k ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

^l HÔPITAL NEUROLOGIQUE   (France)

^m HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

ⁿ University of Cagliari   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Europe; Hyperkinetic disorder; North America

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EUROPEAN UNION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NORTH AMERICA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SAMPLE SIZE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 33645310910     PISSN: 10188827     EISSN: 1435165X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00787-005-0523-2     Document Type: Article

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