Childhood obesity and parental smoking as risk factors for childhood ADHD in Liverpool children

ADHD Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorders

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 21-28

  Koshy, Gibby ^a   Delpisheh, Ali ^a   Brabin, Bernard J ^a,b,c  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b ALDER HEY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ADHD; Childhood; Obesity; Pregnancy; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL SMOKING; OBESITY; PARENTAL SMOKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 79953267325     PISSN: 18666116     EISSN: 18666647     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12402-010-0041-z     Document Type: Article

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