Prenatal exposure to the 1944-45 Dutch 'hunger winter' and addiction later in life

Addiction

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 433-438

  Franzek, Ernst J ^a   Sprangers, Niels ^a   Janssens, A Cecile J W ^b   Van Duijn, Cornelia M ^b   Van De Wetering, Ben J M ^a  

^a Bouman Geestelijke Gezondheidszorg   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Addiction; Malnutrition; Neurodevelopment; Pregnancy; Prenatal exposure to famine; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUNGER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NETHERLANDS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; WINTER;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTERS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PRENATAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; STARVATION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 38849162711     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2007.02084.x     Document Type: Article

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