Common Danish standards in prescribing medication for children and adolescents with ADHD

European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 841-844

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

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b H LUNDBECK A S   (Denmark)

^c Hospital of Telemark   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMOXETINE; DEXAMPHETAMINE; METHYLPHENIDATE; PRESCRIPTION DRUG; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; REGISTER; STANDARD; STATISTICAL BIAS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG UTILIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CHILD; DENMARK; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRESCRIPTIONS; PREVALENCE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SCHOOLS;

EID: 84908241758     PISSN: 10188827     EISSN: 1435165X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00787-013-0508-5     Document Type: Article

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