Prenatal and Postnatal Tobacco Exposure and Behavioral Problems in 10-Year-Old Children: Results from the GINI-plus Prospective Birth Cohort Study

Simon Rückinger, Peter Rzehak, Chih‐Mei Chen, Stefanie Sausenthaler, Sibylle Koletzko, Carl‐Peter Bauer, Ute Hoffmann, Ursula Krämer, Dietrich Berdel, Andrea von Berg,

Environmental Health Perspectives · 2009 · 101 citations · 26 references

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Abstract

Prenatal exposure to tobacco smoke is associated with behavioral problems in school-age children. Although our findings do not preclude the influence of postnatal exposure, prenatal exposure seems to be more important.

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