Intrauterine Cannabis Exposure Affects Fetal Growth Trajectories: The Generation R Study

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1173-1181

  El Marroun, Hanan ^a   Tiemeier, Henning ^a   Steegers, Eric A P ^a   Jaddoe, Vincent W V ^a   Hofman, Albert ^a   Verhulst, Frank C ^a   van den Brink, Wim ^a   Huizink, Anja C ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

fetal growth; intrauterine cannabis exposure; longitudinal population cohort; ultrasound measurements

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS GROWTH; FETUS WEIGHT; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SMOKING; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; NETHERLANDS; PATERNAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 71949091744     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: 15275418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CHI.0b013e3181bfa8ee     Document Type: Article

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