Maternal smoking and child psychological problems: Disentangling causal and noncausal effects

Pediatrics

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Brion, Marie Jo ^a   Victora, Cesar ^b   Matijasevich, Alicia ^b   Horta, Bernardo ^b   Anselmi, Luciana ^b   Steer, Colin ^a   Menezes, Ana Maria B ^b   Lawlor, Debbie A ^a   Smith, George Davey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

ALSPAC; Behavioral problems; Child; Developmental origins; Pelotas; Prenatal smoking

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONDUCT DISORDER; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL SMOKING; MENTAL DISEASE; PATERNAL SMOKING; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUSALITY; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PATERNAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77954363540     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2009-2754     Document Type: Article

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