Early determinants of attention and hyperactivity problems in adolescents: the 11-year follow-up of the 1993 Pelotas (Brazil) birth cohort study Determinantes precoces de problemas de atenção e hiperatividade na adolescência: a visita de 11 anos da coorte de nascimentos de Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil, 1993

• Main Authors: Luciana Anselmi (Author), Ana M. B. Menezes (Author), Fernando C. Barros (Author), Pedro C. Hallal (Author), Cora Luiza Araújo (Author), Marlos R. Domingues (Author), Luis A. Rohde (Author)
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• Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2010-10-01T00:00:00Z.
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The aim of this study was to assess early determinants of attention and hyperactivity problems in adolescents. In 1993, all hospital births in the city of Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil, were monitored and mothers were interviewed (N = 5,249). At 11 years of age, 4,423 mothers answered the...