Prevalence rates of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder in a school sample of Venezuelan children

Child Psychiatry and Human Development

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 311-322

  Montiel, Cecilia ^a   Peña, Joaquín A ^a   Montiel Barbero, Isabel ^a   Polanczyk, Guilherme ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL ZULIA   (Venezuela)

^b HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

ADHD; Culture; Epidemiology; Latin America; Prevalence; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW SCHEDULE FOR CHILDREN IV PARENT VERSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RATING SCALE; VENEZUELA;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS; VENEZUELA;

EID: 45449088543     PISSN: 0009398X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10578-007-0090-5     Document Type: Article

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