Age, academic performance, and stimulant prescribing for ADHD: A nationwide cohort study

Pediatrics

Volumn 130, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1012-1018

  Zoëga, Helga ^a,b   Valdimarsdóttir, Unnur A ^b   Hernández Díaz, Sonia ^c  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic performance; ADHD; Children; Relative age; Stimulant prescribing

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; ATOMOXETINE; METHYLPHENIDATE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE REGISTRY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; URBAN AREA;

ACHIEVEMENT; AGE FACTORS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; ICELAND; LANGUAGE ARTS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84870565764     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2012-0689     Document Type: Article

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