In Utero Exposure to Phenobarbital and Intelligence Deficits in Adult Men

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 274, Issue 19, 1995, Pages 1518-1525

  Reinisch, June Machover ^a   Sanders, Stephanie A ^a   Mortensen, Erik Lykke ^a   Rubin, Donald B ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHENOBARBITAL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; HYPEREMESIS GRAVIDARUM; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; LEG CRAMP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0028799430     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1995.03530190032031     Document Type: Article

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