Maltreatment-associated neurodevelopmental disorders: a co-twin control analysis

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 691-701

  Dinkler, Lisa ^a   Lundström, Sebastian ^a   Gajwani, Ruchika ^b   Lichtenstein, Paul ^c   Gillberg, Christopher ^a,b   Minnis, Helen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

behavior genetics; child abuse; Child maltreatment; co twin control design; neurodevelopmental disorders

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SWEDEN; TWINS;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN; TWINS;

EID: 85010901159     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.12682     Document Type: Article

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