Knowledge of primary paediatric care providers regarding attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and learning disorder: A study from Pakistan

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 985-993

  Jawaid, Ali ^a   Zafar, A M ^a   Naveed, A ^a   Sheikh, S ^a   Waheed, S ^a   Zafar, M A ^a   Syed, E U ^b   Fatmi, Z ^b  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Learning disorder; Primary paediatric care provider; Structured screening tools

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AWARENESS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; GENDER; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; LEARNING DISORDER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PAKISTAN; PEDIATRICIAN; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RISK FACTOR; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; PAKISTAN; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 58849134151     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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