Association of acetaminophen use during pregnancy with behavioral problems in childhood: Evidence against confounding

JAMA Pediatrics

Volumn 170, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 964-970

  Stergiakouli, Evie ^a   Thapar, Anita ^b   Smith, George Davey ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARACETAMOL; ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BEHAVIOR DISORDER ASSESSMENT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONDUCT DISORDER; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER; PATIENT HARM; PEER GROUP; PERINATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRENGTHS AND DIFFICULTIES QUESTIONNAIRE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; HYPERKINESIA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERKINESIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84996536576     PISSN: 21686203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2016.1775     Document Type: Article

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