Commentary: Maternal pre-pregnancy BMI and offspring ADHD: A lesson in the importance of testing causal pathways

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 91-93

  Langley, Kate ^a,b   Thapar, Anita ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BIRTH ORDER; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MATERNAL CARE; MENTAL HEALTH; NOTE; OBESITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; RISK FACTOR; WEIGHT CHANGE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; FEMALE; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER; PSYCHOLOGY; SIBLING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHERS; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; SIBLINGS;

EID: 84896806025     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyt275     Document Type: Note

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