Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 41, Issue 4 , Pages 363-370 , October 2007

Adolescent Environmental Tobacco Smoke Exposure Predicts Academic Achievement Test Failure

  • Bradley N. Collins, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Health Behavior Research Clinic, Department of Public Health, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to: Bradley N. Collins, Ph.D., Assistant Professor Departments of Public Health and Pediatrics, Director, Health Behavior Research Clinic, Temple University (265-61), 1701 N. 13th Street Room 161, Philadelphia, PA 19122.
    • ,
  • E. Paul Wileyto, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Tobacco Use Research Center, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    • ,
  • Michael F.G. Murphy, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Childhood Cancer Research Group, Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Marcus R. Munafò, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

Received 22 December 2006 ,Accepted 25 April 2007.

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PII: S1054-139X(07)00182-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2007.04.010

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 41, Issue 4 , Pages 363-370 , October 2007

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