Prenatal maternal stress associated with ADHD and autistic traits in early childhood

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 1, Issue JAN, 2011, Pages

  Ronald, Angelica ^a   Pennell, Craig E ^b   Whitehouse, Andrew J O ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

ADHD; Autism; Autistic traits; Prenatal; Raine Study; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 81555197565     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2010.00223     Document Type: Article

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