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- Received July 19, 2017
- Accepted in final form December 13, 2017
- First Published February 28, 2018.
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Author Disclosures
- Heléne E.K. Sundelin, PhD*,
- Zheng Chang, PhD*,
- Henrik Larsson, PhD,
- Paul Lichtenstein, PhD,
- Catarina Almqvist, PhD,
- Torbjörn Tomson, PhD and
- Jonas F. Ludvigsson, PhD
- Heléne E.K. Sundelin, PhD*,
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- Zheng Chang, PhD*,
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- Henrik Larsson, PhD,
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Dr. Larsson has served as a speaker for Eli-Lilly and Shire (both outside the submitted work).
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Two research grants from Shire, outside the submitted work
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- Paul Lichtenstein, PhD,
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Paul Lichtenstein has served as a speaker for Medice, a commercial entity. Honorary payment.
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The Swedish Foundation for international Cooperation in Research and Higher Education (STINT): IG2012-5056: 27/06/13 to 31/12/17. Institutional Grant: Genes, environments, and the development of mental health problems Role: PI Swedish Council for Working life & Social Research: 2012-1678: 01/01/13 to 12/31/18 Programme Grant: Genes, environments and the development of mental health and behavior problems from childhood to adulthood. Support for research on development of mental health problems from childhood to adulthood in twins and families. Role:PI Swedish Research Council: 2011-2492: 01/01/12-12/31/16 Genes, environments and the development of mental health and behavior problems from childhood to adulthood Role: PI European Commission: 602768: 06/01/14-05/31/20 ACTION - Aggression in Children: Unraveling gene-environment interplay to inform Treatment and Intervention strategy Role: Partner Swedish Council for Working life and Social Research: 2014-0834: 01/01/15 to 12/31/17 Identifying environmental and genetic risks for the developmental of childhood mental health problems using a large, longitudinal and genotyped twin sample: The CATSS study. Collection of longitudinal data on psychopathology and well-being from twins and their parents at age 15. Role: PI National Institute of Health (U.S): 2 R01 HD056354-04A1: 06/01/11 to 05/31/14 Twin Studies of Marriage Benefit: Parsing Selection from Causation Role: Co-PI
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- Catarina Almqvist, PhD,
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(1) Clinical and Experimental Allergy, associate editor, 2009-2014 (2) Acta Paediatrica, editorial committee, 2012-ongoing
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(1) Alm J, Almqvist C, Emenius. Milj?ns betydelse f?r allergi och astma. Astma och allergi hos barn Studentlitteratur, 2014.
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(1) Swedish Research Council SIMSAM framework grant no 340-2013-5867, PI, 2014-2018 (2) FORTE grant no 2015-00289, PI, 2016-2018 (3) Swedish Heart and Lung Foundation grant no 20150440, PI, 2016-2018 (4) Swedish Asthma and Allergy Association?s Research Foundation grant no 2013049-K, PI, 2014-2016
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- Torbjörn Tomson, PhD and
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Eisai speakers' honoraria to my institution. UCB speakers' honoraria to my institution. Livanova speakers' honoraria to my institution
Epileptic Disoreder current Associate Editor
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GSK, UCB, Eisai, Bial, Novartis research grants to EURAP
Stockholm County Council
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CURE
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- Jonas F. Ludvigsson, PhD
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European Journal of Epidemiology [roughly 2013-] Alimentary Pharmacology Therapeutics [roughly 2012-]
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Only Swedish publishers: Books related to either pediatrics or epidemiology: 1. att b?rja forska (Studentlitteratur), 2015 2. akutpediatrik (Liber), 2010 3. barnmedicin i ett n?tskal (Studentlitteratur), 2004
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- From the Department of Pediatrics (H.E.K.S.), Linköping University Hospital; Departments of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Z.C., H.L., P.L., C.A., J.F.L.) and Clinical Neuroscience (T.T.), Karolinska Institutet; Astrid Lindgren Children's Hospital (C.A.), Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm; Department of Pediatrics (J.F.L.), Örebro University Hospital, Sweden; Division of Epidemiology and Public Health, School of Medicine (J.F.L.), University of Nottingham, UK; and Department of Medicine (J.F.L.), Columbia University, New York, NY.
- Correspondence
Dr. Sundelin helene.sundelin{at}hotmail.com
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