Relative standards in ADHD diagnoses: The role of specialist behavior

Economics Letters

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 663-665

  Dalsgaard, Søren ^a   Humlum, Maria Knoth ^b   Nielsen, Helena Skyt ^b   Simonsen, Marianne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

ADHD diagnosis; Relative standards; School starting age; Young for grade

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865807494     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2012.08.008     Document Type: Article

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