What causes attention deficit hyperactivity disorder?

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 260-265

  Thapar, Anita ^a,b   Cooper, Miriam ^a,b   Jefferies, Rachel ^a,b   Stergiakouli, Evangelia ^a,b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TOXIN;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANXIETY; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; COMORBIDITY; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MATERNAL SMOKING; NONHUMAN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STRESS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84857234932     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2011-300482     Document Type: Review

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