Attention problems and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in discordant and concordant monozygotic twins: Evidence of environmental mediators

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 83-91

  Lehn, Hanne ^a,c   Derks, Eske M ^a   Hudziak, James J ^b   Heutink, Peter ^a   Van Beijsterveldt, Toos C E M ^a   Boomsma, Dorret I ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Attention problems; Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Discordant twins; Environmental risk factors; Monozygotic twins

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MATERNAL SMOKING; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SLEEP; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TWIN DISCORDANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 33845922039     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.chi.0000242244.00174.d9     Document Type: Article

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