Prenatal alcohol exposure and educational achievement in children aged 8-9 years

Pediatrics

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  O'Leary, Colleen M ^a,b   Taylor, Cate ^b   Zubrick, Stephen R ^b,c   Kurinczuk, Jennifer J ^d   Bower, Carol ^b,c  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol related disorders; Educational outcomes; Epidemiology; Pregnancy; Prenatal alcohol exposure

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BINGE DRINKING; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MATHEMATICS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SPELLING; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; WRITING;

ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL ALCOHOL EXPOSURE;

ADULT; BINGE DRINKING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDERS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; SINGLE PARENT; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84882275861     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2012-3002     Document Type: Article

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