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Systematic review of the epidemiology of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in Arab countries

Najla J. Alhraiwil, Anna Ali, Mowafa S. Househ, Ali M. Al-Shehri and Ashraf A. El-Metwally
Neurosciences Journal April 2015, 20 (2) 137-144; DOI: https://doi.org/10.17712/nsj.2015.2.20140678
Najla J. Alhraiwil
From the College of Public Health and Health Informatics (Alhraiwil, Ali, Al-Shehri, Househ, El-Metwally), King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and from the Institute of Applied Health Sciences (El-Metwally), University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom
BSc, MPH
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Anna Ali
From the College of Public Health and Health Informatics (Alhraiwil, Ali, Al-Shehri, Househ, El-Metwally), King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and from the Institute of Applied Health Sciences (El-Metwally), University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom
BDS, MSc
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Mowafa S. Househ
From the College of Public Health and Health Informatics (Alhraiwil, Ali, Al-Shehri, Househ, El-Metwally), King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and from the Institute of Applied Health Sciences (El-Metwally), University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Ali M. Al-Shehri
From the College of Public Health and Health Informatics (Alhraiwil, Ali, Al-Shehri, Househ, El-Metwally), King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and from the Institute of Applied Health Sciences (El-Metwally), University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Ashraf A. El-Metwally
From the College of Public Health and Health Informatics (Alhraiwil, Ali, Al-Shehri, Househ, El-Metwally), King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and from the Institute of Applied Health Sciences (El-Metwally), University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom
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vol. 20 no. 2 137-144
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.17712/nsj.2015.2.20140678
PubMed 
25864066

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Neurosciences Journal
Online ISSN 
1658-3183
History 
  • Received October 30, 2014
  • Accepted February 2, 2015
  • Published online November 13, 2020.

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Copyright: © Neurosciences Neurosciences is an Open Access journal and articles published are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (CC BY-NC). Readers may copy, distribute, and display the work for non-commercial purposes with the proper citation of the original work.

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  1. Najla J. Alhraiwil, BSc, MPH,
  2. Anna Ali, BDS, MSc,
  3. Mowafa S. Househ, PhD,
  4. Ali M. Al-Shehri, MD, MFPH and
  5. Ashraf A. El-Metwally, MD, PhD⇑
  1. From the College of Public Health and Health Informatics (Alhraiwil, Ali, Al-Shehri, Househ, El-Metwally), King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and from the Institute of Applied Health Sciences (El-Metwally), University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom
  1. Address correspondence and reprint request to: Dr. Ashraf A. El-Metwally, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, Epidemiology & Biostatistics Department, College of Public Health & Health Informatics, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Internal Mail Code 2350, PO Box 22490, Riyadh 11426, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Tel. +966 (11) 8011111 Ext. 95414. Fax. +966 (11) 8011111 Ext. 43734. E-mail: ashraf.elmetwally{at}gmail.com
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