Research Epidemiologal research ADHD
Smoking during pregnancy
Familial confounding of the association between maternal smoking during pregnancy and ADHD in offspring
Previous research show that women who smoke during pregnancy have a higher risk of getting a child with ADHD, suggesting a causal negative effect of nicotine. But we show that this association also can be explained by heritability of ADHD.
Published: 2013-07-30
The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
Volume 55, Issue 1
January 2014
Pages 61-68
Co-authors: Qi Chen, Brian M D'Onofrio, Paul Lichtenstein and Henrik Larsson