The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 156, Issue 2 , Pages 185-190.e1 , February 2010

Maternal Smoking during Pregnancy and Regional Brain Volumes in Preterm Infants

  • Mikael Ekblad, BM

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Turku University Hospital and University of Turku, Finland
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Mikael Ekblad, BM, Department of Pediatrics, Turku University Hospital, Kiinamyllynkatu 4-8, 20520 Turku, Finland.
    • ,
  • Jyrki Korkeila, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Turku, Finland
    • Department of Psychiatry, Satakunta Hospital District, Harjavalta, Finland
    • ,
  • Riitta Parkkola, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Turku University Hospital and University of Turku, Finland
    • Turku PET Center, University of Turku, Finland
    • ,
  • Helena Lapinleimu, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Turku University Hospital and University of Turku, Finland
    • ,
  • Leena Haataja, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Neurology, Turku University Hospital and University of Turku, Finland
    • ,
  • Liisa Lehtonen, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Turku University Hospital and University of Turku, Finland
    • ,
  • The PIPARI Study Group

Received 26 February 2009 ,Revised 9 July 2009 ,Accepted 28 July 2009.

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 Funded by the Emil Aaltonen's Foundation, the Finnish Academy of Science, the South-West Finnish Fund of Neonatal Research, the Päivikki and Sakari Sohlberg Foundation, the Finnish Foundation for Alcohol Studies, and the Turku University Hospital Research Foundation. The funding sources had no role in study design, the collection, analysis, or interpretation of data, the writing of the article, or the decision to submit it for publication. The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

PII: S0022-3476(09)00766-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2009.07.061

The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 156, Issue 2 , Pages 185-190.e1 , February 2010

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