Prevalence, recognition, and treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in a national sample of US children

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 161, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 857-864

  Froehlich, Tanya E ^a,c   Lanphear, Bruce P ^a   Epstein, Jeffery N ^a   Barbaresi, William J ^b   Katusic, Slavica K ^b   Kahn, Robert S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MINORITY GROUPS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548394973     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.161.9.857     Document Type: Article

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