Maternal smoking during pregnancy and offspring conduct problems: Evidence from 3 independent genetically sensitive research designs

JAMA Psychiatry

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 956-963

  Gaysina, Darya ^a   Fergusson, David M ^b   Leve, Leslie D ^c   Horwood, John ^b   Reiss, David ^d   Shaw, Daniel S ^e   Elam, Kit K ^a   Natsuaki, Misaki N ^f   Neiderhiser, Jenae M ^g   Harold, Gordon T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c OREGON SOCIAL LEARNING CENTER   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILDREN BEHAVIOR QUESTIONNAIRE SHORT FORM; CONDUCT DISORDER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL SMOKING; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGENY; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; STRENGTHS AND DIFFICULTIES QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 84883503106     PISSN: 2168622X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2013.127     Document Type: Article

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