Maternal age at first birth and offspring criminality: Using the children of twins design to test causal hypotheses

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 17-35

  Coyne, Claire A ^a   Långström, Niklas ^b   Rickert, Martin E ^a   Lichtenstein, Paul ^b   D'Onofrio, Brian M ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CRIME; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SWEDEN; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CRIME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SWEDEN; TWINS;

EID: 84873933988     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: 14692198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579412000879     Document Type: Article

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