A Propensity Scoring Approach to Characterizing the Effects of Maternal Smoking During Pregnancy on Offspring’s Initial Responses to Cigarettes and Alcohol

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 416-430

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic; Nicotine; Prenatal exposure; Subjective drug responses; Substance use; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MATERNAL SMOKING; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PROGENY; PROPENSITY SCORE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PREVALENCE; PROPENSITY SCORE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84964403706     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: 15733297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-016-9791-5     Document Type: Article

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