Is maternal smoking during pregnancy a causal environmental risk factor for adolescent antisocial behavior? Testing etiological theories and assumptions

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1535-1545

  D'Onofrio, B M ^a   Van Hulle, C A ^b   Goodnight, J A ^c   Rathouz, P J ^b   Lahey, B B ^d  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Antisocial behavior; criminality; nicotine; pregnancy; smoking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CRIME; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PSYCHOPATHY; RISK FACTOR; SIBLING; SMOKING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; CAUSALITY; CHILD; CRIME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RISK FACTORS; SIBLINGS; SMOKING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861449845     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291711002443     Document Type: Article

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