Developmental twin study of attention problems: High heritabilities throughout development

JAMA Psychiatry

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 311-318

  Chang, Zheng ^a   Lichtenstein, Paul ^a   Asherson, Philip J ^b   Larsson, Henrik ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC RISK; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 84874843059     PISSN: 2168622X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2013.287     Document Type: Article

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