Prenatal substance use, prenatal stress and offspring behavioural outcomes: Considerations for future studies

Nordic Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 115-122

  Huizink, Anja C ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Maternal substance use; Offspring behaviour; Pregnancy; Prenatal stress; Research Methodology

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS;

ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CANNABIS SMOKING; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; FETAL PROGRAMMING; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS OUTCOME; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LEARNING; LIFE EVENT; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MATERNAL SMOKING; METHODOLOGY; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRENATAL STRESS; PROGENY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; TWIN PREGNANCY;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; BEHAVIOR; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SMOKING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84859167433     PISSN: 08039488     EISSN: 15024725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08039488.2011.641586     Document Type: Review

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