Prevalence in adults of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder using the medical records of primary care;Prevalencia del déficit de atención e hiperactividad en personas adultas según el registro de las historias clínicas informatizadas de atención primaria

Revista Espanola de Salud Publica

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 415-420

  Aragonès, Enric ^a   Piñol, Josep Lluís ^a   Ramos Quiroga, Josep Antoni ^b   López Cortacans, Germán ^a   Caballero, Antònia ^a   Bosch, Rosa ^b  

^a INSTITUT CATALÀ DE LA SALUT   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Medical records; Prevalence; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650641115     PISSN: 11355727     EISSN: 16969820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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