ADHD guidelines: Flaws in the literature and the need to scrutinise the evidence

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 87-88

  O'Dowd, Corina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; HUMAN; NOTE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; UNITED STATES;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84858387232     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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