Executive Functioning in Children and Adolescents Prenatally Exposed to Alcohol: A Meta-Analytic Review

Neuropsychology Review

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 149-170

  Khoury, Jennifer E ^a   Milligan, Karen ^a   Girard, Todd A ^a  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Executive functions; Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder; Meta analysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDERS; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS;

EID: 84930928327     PISSN: 10407308     EISSN: 15736660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11065-015-9289-6     Document Type: Review

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