Paternal alcoholism and offspring ADHD problems: A children of twins design

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 53-62

  Knopik, Valerie S ^a   Jacob, Theodore ^b   Haber, Jon Randolph ^b   Swenson, Lance P ^c   Howell, Donelle N ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ADHD; Alcohol dependence; Children of alcoholics; Children of twins; Genetics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FATHER; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PATERNAL ALCOHOLISM; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; TWINS; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ALCOHOLISM; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 60849113722     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/twin.12.1.53     Document Type: Article

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