Maternal and paternal smoking during pregnancy and risk of ADHD symptoms in offspring: Testing for intrauterine effects

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 176, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 261-268

  Langley, Kate ^a   Heron, Jon ^b   Smith, George Davey ^b   Thapar, Anita ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity; causality; confounding factors (epidemiology); maternal exposure; paternal exposure; pregnancy; prenatal exposure delayed effects; smoking

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ANALYSIS; HYPERTENSION; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL SMOKING; PATERNAL SMOKING; PREGNANCY; PROGENY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; UNITED KINGDOM; UTERUS;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; FATHERS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84864434767     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwr510     Document Type: Article

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