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Controlled-Release Methylphenidate Improves Attention During On-Road Driving by Adolescents with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
Daniel J. Cox, Jeffery W. Humphrey, R. Lawrence Merkel, Jennifer Kim Penberthy and Boris Kovatchev
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Practice July 2004, 17 (4) 235-239; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.17.4.235
Daniel J. Cox
PhD
Jeffery W. Humphrey
MA
R. Lawrence Merkel
MD, PhD
Jennifer Kim Penberthy
PhD

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Controlled-Release Methylphenidate Improves Attention During On-Road Driving by Adolescents with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
Daniel J. Cox, Jeffery W. Humphrey, R. Lawrence Merkel, Jennifer Kim Penberthy, Boris Kovatchev
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Practice Jul 2004, 17 (4) 235-239; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.17.4.235
Controlled-Release Methylphenidate Improves Attention During On-Road Driving by Adolescents with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
Daniel J. Cox, Jeffery W. Humphrey, R. Lawrence Merkel, Jennifer Kim Penberthy, Boris Kovatchev
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Practice Jul 2004, 17 (4) 235-239; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.17.4.235
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