Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder: A focused overview for children's environmental health researchers

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 118, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1646-1653

  Aguiar, Andréa ^a   Eubig, Paul A ^a   Schantz, Susan L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

ADHD; Attention; Executive function

Indexed keywords

ALERTNESS; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT; REVIEW; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BRAIN; CHILD; COGNITION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 78650259152     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1002326     Document Type: Review

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