Maternal cigarette smoking during pregnancy and cognitive performance in adolescence

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Authors

Salomi Kafouri

Gabriel Leonard · McGill University

M. Perron · Université de Montréal

Louis Richer · Université du Québec à Chicoutimi

Jean R. Séguin · Université de Montréal

S. Veillette · Cégep de Jonquière

Zdenka Pausová · Université de Montréal

Abstract

We found no effect of maternal cigarette smoking during pregnancy on cognitive abilities of the adolescent offspring when matching cases and controls by maternal education, the most common confounder of maternal cigarette smoking during pregnancy.

Topics & Keywords

Early Childhood Education and Development Birth, Development, and Health Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: International Journal of Epidemiology

Volume 38, Issue 1, pp. 158-172

DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyn250

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