The effect of maternal smoking on birth weight in twin pregnancies

Early Human Development

Volumn 46, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 43-53

  Rydhstroem, Hakan ^a   Källén, Karin ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LUND   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Perinatal death; Smoking; Twins

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PERINATAL DEATH; PERINATAL MORTALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; SWEDEN; TWIN PREGNANCY;

EID: 0030595385     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-3782(96)01739-2     Document Type: Article

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