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Neighborhood deprivation affects children's mental health: environmental risks identified in a genetic design.

Psychological science - 1 Jul 2000

Caspi A, Taylor A, Moffitt T E, Plomin R

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The possibility that neighborhood conditions affect children's development has captured much attention because of its implications for prevention. But does growing up in deprived neighborhoods matter above and beyond a genetic liability to behavior problems, if genetically vulnerable families tend to concentrate in poor neighborhoods? A nationwide study of 2-year-old twins shows that children in deprived...

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PMID: 11273396
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9280.00267

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