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Effects of maternal and paternal smoking on attentional control in children with and without ADHD.
European child & adolescent psychiatry - 1 Aug 2009
Altink Marieke E, Slaats-Willemse Dorine I E, Rommelse Nanda N J, Buschgens Cathelijne J M, Fliers Ellen A, Arias-Vásquez Alejandro, Xu Xiaohui, Franke Barbara, Sergeant Joseph A, Faraone Stephen V, Buitelaar Jan K
Abstract excerpt
Maternal smoking during pregnancy is a risk factor for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), but data on its adverse effects on cognitive functioning are sparse and inconsistent. Since the effect of maternal smoking during pregnancy may be due to correlated genetic risk factors rather than being a pure environmental effect, we examined the effect of prenatal exposure to smoking on attentional control,...
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