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Abstract

This publication-based cumulative dissertation includes two previously published papers. The first publication, "Association of Maternal Smoking During Pregnancy With Neurophysiological and ADHD-Related Outcomes in School-Aged Children" (section 2.1 of the dissertation), of which I am the sole first author, was published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (impact factor: 4.614) in 2022. For this original research, I contributed 80% of the conceptual design, 90% of the literature research, and 100% of the data analysis and interpretation of results. I also contributed 90% of drafting and revising the manuscript. I was not involved in ethics approval or data collection for this study. The data were obtained as part of a large longitudinal cohort study, with all analyses and results originating from my own work. The second publication, "Long-Term Impact of Maternal Prenatal Smoking on EEG Brain Activity and Internalizing/Externalizing Problem Symptoms in Young Adults" (section 2.2 of the dissertation), of which I am the sole first author, was published in Addictive Behaviors (impact factor: 3.7) in 2024. For this research, I contributed 80% of the conceptual design, 100% to data analysis, 90% each to the literature research and interpretation of results, and 90% to the drafting of the manuscript. The data were again obtained from a longitudinal cohort study, and I was not involved in the ethics application for the study.