Comparison of height and weight of 5-6 year-old boys with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and non-ADHD

Iranian Journal of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 71-75

  Tashakori, Ashraf ^a   Riahi, Koorosh ^a   Afkandeh, Razieh ^a   Ayati, Amir Houshang ^b  

^a AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Sstructural Engineering   (Iran)

Author keywords

Attention; Deficit hyperactivity; Disorder (ADHD); Height; The conners' rating scale; Weight

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 84855802600     PISSN: 17358639     EISSN: 17359287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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