Maternal alcohol use disorder and offspring ADHD: Disentangling genetic and environmental effects using a children-of-twins design

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1461-1471

  Knopik, Valerie S ^a   Heath, Aandrew C ^b   Jacob, Theodore ^c   Slutske, Wendy S ^d   Bucholz, Kathleen K ^b   Madden, Pamela A F ^b   Waldron, Mary ^b   Martin, Nicholas G ^e  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^e QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUSTRALIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; HEREDITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL DISEASE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PLEIOTROPY; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL PERIOD; PROGENY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; TELEPHONE;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; TWINS;

EID: 33748512382     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291706007884     Document Type: Article

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