Executive Function After Prenatal Alcohol Exposure in Children in a South African Population: Cross-sectional Study

Jacobus Gidion Louw   ^{1, 2, 3 *} , MA ;   Alastair van Heerden   ^{4, 5 *} , PhD ;   Leana Olivier   ^{1 *} , PhD ;   Tersius Lambrechts   ^{2 *} , BA ;   Mandi Broodryk   ^{1 *} , MA ;   Liska Bunge   ^{1 *} , BA ;   Martlé Vosloo   ^{1 *} , BA ;   Mark Tomlinson   ^{3, 6 *} , PhD

¹ Foundation for Alcohol Related Research, Cape Town, South Africa

² Department of Psychology, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa

³ Institute for Life Course Health Research, Department of Global Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa

⁴ Centre for Community Based Research, Human Sciences Research Council, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa

⁵ Developmental Pathways for Health Research Unit, Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Health Science, University of the Witwatersrand/Medical Research Council, Johannesburg, South Africa

⁶ School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queens University, Belfast, United Kingdom

*all authors contributed equally