The prevalence of attention deficit hyperactivity symptoms in schoolchildren in a highly consanguineous community

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 440-446

  Bener, Abdulbari ^a,d   Al Qahtani, Razna ^b   Teebi, Ahmad S ^c,e   Bessisso, Mohammed ^a  

^a HAMAD GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Qatar)

^b QATAR UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Qatar)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Consanguinity; Hyperactivity, prevalence; Qatar; Schoolchildren

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONSANGUINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; QATAR; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM;

AGE FACTORS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; CONSANGUINITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; QATAR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 53549092511     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000151564     Document Type: Article

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