The Estimated Annual Cost of ADHD to the US Education System

School Mental Health

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 169-177

  Robb, Jessica A ^a   Sibley, Margaret H ^a,b   Pelham Jr , William E ^a   Foster, E Michael ^c   Molina, Brooke S G ^d   Gnagy, Elizabeth M ^a   Kuriyan, Aparajita B ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c IL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

ADHD; Cost of illness; Education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860388855     PISSN: 18662625     EISSN: 18662633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12310-011-9057-6     Document Type: Article

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