Association Between Altitude and Regional Variation of ADHD in Youth

Journal of Attention Disorders

Volumn 22, Issue 14, 2018, Pages 1299-1306

  Huber, Rebekah S ^a,b   Kim, Tae Suk ^a,c   Kim, Namkug ^a,d   Kuykendall, M Danielle ^e   Sherwood, Samantha N ^a   Renshaw, Perry F ^a,b   Kondo, Douglas G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^d University of Ulsan   (South Korea)

^e Lakeview Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

ADD ADHD; altitude; geographic variation; hypoxia; NSCH

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALTITUDE; ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PROTECTION; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ALTITUDE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROTECTIVE FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85020382438     PISSN: 10870547     EISSN: 15571246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1087054715577137     Document Type: Article

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