Does low birth weight share common genetic or environmental risk with childhood disruptive disorders?

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 842-853

  Ficks, Courtney A ^a   Lahey, Benjamin B ^b   Waldman, Irwin D ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

ADHD; Birth weight; Conduct disorder; Disruptive behavior disorders; Twins

Indexed keywords

ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CONDUCT DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; DSM-IV; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GEORGIA; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; PHENOTYPE; RISK FACTORS; TENNESSEE; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 84883751526     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: 19391846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0033079     Document Type: Article

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