The potential for sociocultural factors in the diagnosis of ADHD in children

Wisconsin Medical Journal

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 13-17

  Reyes, Noemi ^a   Baumgardner, Dennis J ^b   Simmons, David H ^b   Buckingham, William ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c AURORA HEALTH CARE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; WISCONSIN;

EID: 84874838812     PISSN: 10981861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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