ADHD is undertreated in Brazil

Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 513-516

  Mattos, Paulo ^a   Rohde, Luis Augusto ^b   Polanczyk, Guilherme V ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; METHYLPHENIDATE;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AWARENESS; BRAZIL; DRUG INDUSTRY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84874524238     PISSN: 15164446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbp.2012.04.002     Document Type: Letter

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