A prospective twin study of birth weight discordance and child problem behavior

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 593-599

  Os, Jim van ^a,d   Wichers, Marieke ^a   Danckaerts, Marina ^b   Van Gestel, Sofie ^c   Derom, Catherine ^c   Vlietinck, Robert ^c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b University Hospital Gasthuisberg   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Child problem behavior; Risk factor; Twin study

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; TWIN DISCORDANCE;

ADOLESCENT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CAUSALITY; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0035886260     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(01)01085-X     Document Type: Article

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