Recruitment and attrition in twin register studies of childhood behavior: The example of the Australian Twin ADHD project

Twin Research

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 324-328

  Hay, David A ^a   McStephen, Michael ^a   Levy, Florence ^b   Pearsall Jones, Jillian ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUSTRALIA; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FAMILY; HUMAN; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD GROUP ANTIGENS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; DISABLED CHILDREN; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PATIENT SELECTION; PLACENTATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; TWIN STUDIES;

EID: 0036808022     PISSN: 13690523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/136905202320906039     Document Type: Article

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