Fine motor skills in South African children with symptoms of ADHD: Influence of subtype, gender, age, and hand dominance

Behavioral and Brain Functions

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Meyer, Anneke ^a,c   Sagvolden, Terje ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c CENTRE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNIC GROUP; EYE HAND COORDINATION; FEMALE; HANDEDNESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; SYMPTOM;

EID: 33750931936     PISSN: 17449081     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1744-9081-2-33     Document Type: Article

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