Fetal Alcohol Exposure and IQ at Age 8: Evidence from a Population-Based Birth-Cohort Study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Lewis, Sarah J ^a   Zuccolo, Luisa ^a   Davey Smith, George ^a   Macleod, John ^a   Rodriguez, Santiago ^a   Draper, Elizabeth S ^c   Barrow, Margaret ^d   Alati, Rosa ^e   Sayal, Kapil ^f   Ring, Susan ^a   Golding, Jean ^a   Gray, Ron ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; FETUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PROGENY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; CHILD; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; ETHANOL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84869147280     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0049407     Document Type: Article

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