Effect of Prenatal Alcohol Exposure on Childhood Academic Outcomes: Contrasting Maternal and Paternal Associations in the ALSPAC Study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Alati, Rosa ^a   Davey Smith, George ^b   Lewis, Sarah J ^b   Sayal, Kapil ^c   Draper, Elizabeth S ^d   Golding, Jean ^b   Fraser, Robert ^e   Gray, Ron ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDBIRTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GENDER; GESTATION PERIOD; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PARITY; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PROGENY; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED KINGDOM;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; COGNITION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS;

EID: 84885134526     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0074844     Document Type: Article

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