Prevalence of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in schoolchildren in the city of Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 65, Issue 2 A, 2007, Pages 240-244

  Pondé, Milena Pereira ^a,b   Freire, Antonio Carlos Cruz ^a  

^a ESCOLA BAHIANA DE MEDICINA E SAÚDE PÚBLICA   (Brazil)

^b Bahia School of Medicine and Public Health ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Child and adolescent mental health; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOM; TEACHER;

EID: 34347336579     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: 16784227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2007000200010     Document Type: Article

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