Authors:
Robinson M, McLean NJ, Oddy WH, Mattes E, Bulsara M, Li J, Zubrick SR, Stanley FJ, Newnham JP.
Authors notes:
J Epidemiol Community Health. 2010 Jul;64(7):622-9. Epub 2009 Aug 24.
Keywords:
smoking cessation, pregnancy, risk of child behavioural problems, longitudinal prospective cohort study
Abstract:
The aim of this study was to examine the influence of smoking in pregnancy on child and adolescent behavioural development, in comparison with mothers who ceased smoking in the first 18 weeks of pregnancy and with those who never smoked, in a large prospective pregnancy cohort.