Genetic and environmental influences on adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder symptoms: A large Swedish population-based study of twins

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 197-207

  Larsson, H ^a   Asherson, P ^b   Chang, Z ^a   Ljung, T ^a   Friedrichs, B ^a   Larsson, J O ^a   Lichtenstein, P ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ADHD; adults; etiology; genetics; twin study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; HYPERKINESIA; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SWEDEN; TWINS;

ADULT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; HYPERKINESIS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SWEDEN; TWINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873917858     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291712001067     Document Type: Article

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