Adolescents with attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder/learning disability and their proneness to accidents

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 299-303

  Brook, Uzi ^a,b   Boaz, Mona ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), Learning disability (LD); Prevention; Proneness to accidents

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PRONENESS; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; INTERVIEW; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL; SPECIAL EDUCATION; SPORT INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; MALE; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; STATISTICS;

CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; METHYLPHENIDATE;

ACCIDENT PRONENESS; ACCIDENTS; ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; METHYLPHENIDATE; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK;

EID: 33746926377     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02825823     Document Type: Article

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