Impact of prenatal cocaine exposure on child behavior problems through school age

Pediatrics

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Bada, Henrietta S ^a,g   Das, Abhik ^b   Bauer, Charles R ^c   Shankaran, Seetha ^d   Lester, Barry ^e   LaGasse, Linda ^e   Hammond, Jane ^b   Wright, Linda L ^f   Higgins, Rosemary ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Child behavior; Cocaine; Prenatal exposure; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNICITY; FAMILY VIOLENCE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MECONIUM; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS;

EID: 33947104549     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2006-1404     Document Type: Article

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