Evidence-based assessment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)

Assessing Childhood Psychopathology and Developmental Disabilities

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 209-239

  Sowerby, Paula ^a   Tripp, Gail ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b OKINAWA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-09528-8_8     Document Type: Chapter

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