Environmental risk factors for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 96, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1269-1274

  Banerjee, Tania Das ^a   Middleton, Frank ^a   Faraone, Stephen V ^a  

^a State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

ADHD; Alcohol; Environment; Nicotine; PCB

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL FACTOR; FOOD ADDITIVE; LEAD; MERCURY;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; GENETIC RISK; HEAVY METAL POISONING; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL SMOKING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TELEVISION;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 34548129950     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2007.00430.x     Document Type: Review

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