The role of birth weight on the causal pathway to child and adolescent ADHD symptomatology: a population-based twin differences longitudinal design

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 2018, Pages 1036-1043

  Lim, Kai Xiang ^a   Liu, Chao Yu ^b,c   Schoeler, Tabea ^b   Cecil, Charlotte A M ^a   Barker, Edward D ^a   Viding, Essi ^b   Greven, Corina U ^a,d,e   Pingault, Jean Baptiste ^a,b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; birth weight; hyperactivity impulsivity; inattention; twin differences

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; TWIN STUDY; TWINS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; RISK FACTORS; TWINS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 85050679201     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.12949     Document Type: Article

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