Disentangling prenatal and inherited influences in humans with an experimental design

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2464-2467

  Rice, Frances ^a,c   Harold, Gordon T ^b,d   Boivin, Jacky ^b   Hay, Dale F ^b   Van Den Bree, Marianne ^a   Thapar, Anita ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Antisocial behavior; Birth weight; Child; Genetic; Psychopathology

Indexed keywords

ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SMOKING HABIT;

BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SMOKING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 60549113203     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0808798106     Document Type: Article

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