Early Human Development
Volume 86, Issue 4 , Pages 231-236 , April 2010

A prospective study on intrauterine cannabis exposure and fetal blood flow

  • Hanan El Marroun

      Affiliations

    • The Generation R Study Group, Erasmus Medical Center (EMC), The Netherlands
    • Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, EMC, Sophia Children's Hospital, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Henning Tiemeier

      Affiliations

    • Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, EMC, Sophia Children's Hospital, The Netherlands
    • Department of Epidemiology, EMC, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Eric A.P. Steegers

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, EMC, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Jolien W. Roos-Hesselink

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, EMC, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Vincent W.V. Jaddoe

      Affiliations

    • The Generation R Study Group, Erasmus Medical Center (EMC), The Netherlands
    • Department of Epidemiology, EMC, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Albert Hofman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, EMC, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Frank C. Verhulst

      Affiliations

    • Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, EMC, Sophia Children's Hospital, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Wim van den Brink

      Affiliations

    • Academic Medical Center University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • Amsterdam Institute for Addiction Research, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Anja C. Huizink

      Affiliations

    • Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, EMC, Sophia Children's Hospital, The Netherlands
    • University of Amsterdam, Department of Educational Sciences, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Educational Sciences, University of Amsterdam, P.O. Box 94208, 1090 GE, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Tel.: +31 20 52 51 558; fax: +31 20 52 51 200.

Received 16 December 2009 ,Revised 30 March 2010 ,Accepted 30 March 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2010.03.006

Early Human Development
Volume 86, Issue 4 , Pages 231-236 , April 2010

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