Unintentional injuries in a twin study of preschool children: Environmental, not genetic, risk factors

Journal of Pediatric Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 185-194

  Ordoñana, Juan R ^a   Caspi, Avshalom ^b,c   Moffitt, Terrie E ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental factors; Genetic predisposition; Injury prone; Twins; Unintentional injuries

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TWINS;

ACCIDENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; TWINS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 38849101682     PISSN: 01468693     EISSN: 1465735X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsm041     Document Type: Conference Paper

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