Practitioner review: Early adversity and developmental disorders

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 451-467

  Taylor, Eric ^a   Warner Rogers, Jody ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ADHD; Autism; Environment; Gene environment interaction; Learning disability

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; COCAINE; LEAD; MERCURY; PESTICIDE;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BRAIN INJURY; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD NEGLECT; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID DEFICIENCY; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEREDITY; HUMAN; IODINE DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY; LEARNING DISORDER; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PERINATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; REVIEW; SMOKING; VIRUS INFECTION; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RISK FACTORS; TOXINS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 18144418964     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2004.00402.x     Document Type: Review

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