Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder symptoms in indigenous children from the Brazilian Amazon;Sintomas do transtorno de déficit de atenção e hiperatividade em crianças indígenas da Amazônia Brasileira

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 541-544

  e Azevêdo, Paulo Verlaine Borges ^a   Caixeta, Leonardo ^b   Andrade, Laura Helena Silveira ^c   Bordin, Isabel A ^d  

^a Setor Universitario   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity; Child psychiatry; Indigenous health; Mental health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 77957306692     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: 16784227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x2010000400012     Document Type: Article

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