Mediating role of stress reactivity in the effects of prenatal tobacco exposure on childhood mental health outcomes

Nicotine and Tobacco Research

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 174-185

  Park, Aesoon ^a   O'Malley, Stephanie S ^b   King, Sarah L ^c   Picciotto, Marina R ^b  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTING; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL SMOKING; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; STRESS; TEACHER; TOBACCO; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; ETIOLOGY; GENETICS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL STRESS; MOTHER; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED KINGDOM; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891717032     PISSN: 14622203     EISSN: 1469994X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ntr/ntt131     Document Type: Article

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