The Australian Twin ADHD Project: Current status and future directions

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 718-726

  Bennett, Kellie S ^a   Hay, David A ^a   Piek, Jan ^a   Pearsall Jones, Jillian ^a   Levy, Florence ^b   Martin, Neilson ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR; COMORBIDITY; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIBLING; TWINS;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DISEASES IN TWINS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; SIBLINGS; TWIN STUDIES;

EID: 33846223191     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/183242706779462804     Document Type: Review

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