Prenatal alcohol exposure and offspring cognition and school performance. A ‘Mendelian randomization’ natural experiment | Zendy

Luisa Zuccolo | Zendy; Sarah J. Lewis | Zendy; George Davey Smith | Zendy; Kapil Sayal | Zendy; Elizabeth S. Draper | Zendy; Robert Fraser | Zendy; Margaret Barrow | Zendy; Rosa Alati | Zendy; Susan M. Ring | Zendy; John Macleod | Zendy; Jean Golding | Zendy; Jon Heron | Zendy; Ron Gray | Zendy

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Prenatal alcohol exposure and offspring cognition and school performance. A ‘Mendelian randomization’ natural experiment

Author(s) -

Luisa Zuccolo,

Sarah J. Lewis,

George Davey Smith,

Kapil Sayal,

Elizabeth S. Draper,

Robert Fraser,

Margaret Barrow,

Rosa Alati,

Susan M. Ring,

John Macleod,

Jean Golding,

Jon Heron,

Ron Gray

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

international journal of epidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406

H-Index - 208

eISSN - 1464-3685

pISSN - 0300-5771

DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyt172

Subject(s) - offspring , mendelian randomization , medicine , pregnancy , demography , population , prenatal care , environmental health , genotype , genetics , biology , genetic variants , gene , sociology

There is substantial debate as to whether moderate alcohol use during pregnancy could have subtle but important effects on offspring, by impairing later cognitive function and thus school performance. The authors aimed to investigate the unconfounded effect of moderately increased prenatal alcohol exposure on cognitive/educational performance.

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