Moderate use of alcohol, tobacco and cannabis during pregnancy: New approaches and update on research findings

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 143-151

  Huizink, Anja C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Novel designs; Pregnancy; Prenatal alcohol; Prenatal cannabis; Prenatal tobacco; Review

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETUS OUTCOME; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL SMOKING; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; RISK FACTOR; TERATOLOGY;

ABNORMALITIES, DRUG-INDUCED; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANIMALS; CANNABIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PATERNAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; YOUNG ADULT;

CANNABIS; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 67650581732     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2009.04.010     Document Type: Article

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