Description of children identified by physicians as having developmental coordination disorder

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 839-844

  Missiuna, Cheryl ^a   Gaines, Robin ^b   Mclean, Jennifer ^c   Delaat, Denise ^b   Egan, Mary ^d   Soucie, Helen ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY CARE; DEVELOPMENTAL COORDINATION DISORDER; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CARE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MOTOR SKILLS DISORDERS; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 54249087974     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2008.03140.x     Document Type: Article

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