A quasi-experimental study of maternal smoking during pregnancy and offspring academic achievement

Child Development

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 80-100

  D'Onofrio, Brian M ^a   Singh, Amber L ^a   Iliadou, Anastasia ^b   Lambe, Mats ^b   Hultman, Christina M ^b   Neiderhiser, Jenae M ^c   Långström, Niklas ^b   Lichtenstein, Paul ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 76749150571     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2009.01382.x     Document Type: Article

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