Prenatal nicotine exposure and child behavioural problems

European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 913-929

  Tiesler, Carla M T ^a,b   Heinrich, Joachim ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Brain development; Conduct problems; Depression; Tobacco smoke

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; TOBACCO SMOKE;

ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MATERNAL SMOKING; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; REVIEW; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL STATUS; TERATOGENESIS; ANIMAL; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; PREGNANCY; SMOKING; TOXICITY;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; NICOTINE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SMOKING;

EID: 84921756374     PISSN: 10188827     EISSN: 1435165X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00787-014-0615-y     Document Type: Review

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