The association between maternal smoking in pregnancy, other early life characteristics and childhood vision: The twins eye study in Tasmania

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 351-359

  Ponsonby, A L ^a,b   Brown, S A ^a,b   Kearns, L S ^b,c   MacKinnon, J R ^d,e   Scotter, L W ^c   Cochrane, J A ^a   Mackey, D A ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c ROYAL VICTORIAN EYE AND EAR HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antenatal smoking; Binocular function; Stereoacuity strabismus; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERGENT STRABISMUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY LIFE STRESS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EYE DEVELOPMENT; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL SMOKING; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; MYOPIA; PARENT; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRABISMUS; TWIN PREGNANCY; TWINS; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; WALKING; ZYGOSITY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; STRABISMUS; TASMANIA; VISION, BINOCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 37649003513     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: 17445086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01658100701486467     Document Type: Article

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