DNA methylation as a potential mediator of the association between prenatal tobacco and alcohol exposure and child neurodevelopment in a South African birth cohort
Abstract Prenatal tobacco exposure (PTE) and prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) have been associated with an increased risk of delayed neurodevelopment in children as well as differential newborn DNA methylation (DNAm). However, the biological mechanisms connecting PTE and PAE, DNAm, and neurodevelopme...
Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , , , |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2022-09-01
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Series: | Translational Psychiatry |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-022-02195-3 |