Prevalence of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms in preschool children: Discrepancy between parent and teacher evaluations

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 150-154

  Soma, Yukio ^a   Nakamura, Kazutoshi ^a   Oyama, Mari ^a   Tsuchiya, Yasuo ^a   Yamamoto, Masaharu ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD); Epidemiology; Japan; Preschool children; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JAPAN; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; TEACHER;

EID: 77249115283     PISSN: 1342078X     EISSN: 13474715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12199-008-0075-4     Document Type: Article

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