Prenatal Nicotine/Alcohol Exposure and ADHD

Abstract

A retrospective, hospital-based, case-control study of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and prenatal exposure to maternal cigarette smoking, drug use, and alcohol was conducted in 280 ADHD cases and 242 non-ADHD controls at the Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.

Keywords

• prenatal exposure to nicotine and alcohol
• attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
• maternal depression