Effects of Maternal Smoking during Pregnancy on Offspring Externalizing Problems: Contextual Effects in a Sample of Female Twins

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 403-415

  Palmer, Rohan H C ^a,b,e   Bidwell, L Cinnamon ^c   Heath, Andrew C ^d   Brick, Leslie A ^a   Madden, Pamela A F ^d   Knopik, Valerie S ^a,b  

^a RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Bradley Hasbro Children s Research Center Coro West   (United States)

Author keywords

ADHD; Alcohol dependence; Conduct disorder; Smoking during pregnancy; Tobacco dependence

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MATERNAL SMOKING; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PROGENY; PROPENSITY SCORE; ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HUMAN; MOTHER; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; TWINS;

EID: 84955564635     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: 15733297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-016-9779-1     Document Type: Article

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