Is smoking in pregnancy an independent predictor of academic difficulties at 14 years of age? A birth cohort study

Early Human Development

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 71-76

  O'Callaghan, Frances V ^a   Al Mamun, Abdullah ^b   O'Callaghan, Michael ^c   Alati, Rosa ^b   Williams, Gail M ^b   Najman, Jake M ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c MATER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Birth cohort; Learning; Pregnancy; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDBIRTH; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL SMOKING; MATHEMATICS; NONHUMAN; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PROGENY; RISK FACTOR; SCIENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDERS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; QUEENSLAND; SMOKING;

EID: 77649179126     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2009.12.008     Document Type: Article

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