Associations between birth weight and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder symptom severity: Indirect effects via primary neuropsychological functions

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 384-392

  Hatch, Burt ^a   Healey, Dione M ^a   Halperin, Jeffrey M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

ADHD; birth weight; neuropsychology

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84897524481     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.12168     Document Type: Article

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