Neighborhood deprivation affects children's mental health: Environmental Risks Identified in a Genetic Design

Psychological Science

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 338-342

  Caspi, Avshalom ^a,b   Taylor, Alan ^a   Moffitt, Terrie E ^a,b   Plomin, Robert ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; TWINS; UNITED KINGDOM;

AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASES IN TWINS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEPRIVATION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; WALES;

EID: 0034231360     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9280.00267     Document Type: Article

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