Executive functioning in preschool-age children prenatally exposed to alcohol, cocaine, and marijuana

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 647-656

  Noland, Julia S ^a   Singer, Lynn T ^a   Arendt, Robert E ^a   Minnes, Sonia ^a   Short, Elizabeth J ^a   Bearer, Cynthia F ^a  

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Author keywords

Alcohol; Cocaine; Frontal; Inhibition; Prenatal

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CANNABIS; COCAINE;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BIOASSAY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTELLIGENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERFORMANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; SMOKING;

ANIMALIA; CANNABIS; CANNABIS SATIVA;

EID: 0037392002     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ALC.0000060525.10536.F6     Document Type: Article

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