Maternal cocaine use and cigarette smoking in pregnancy in relation to amino acid transport and fetal growth

Placenta

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 499-512

  Pastrakuljic, A ^a   Derewlany, L O ^a   Koren, G ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; NICOTINE;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CORDOCENTESIS; DRUG ABUSE; FETUS; FETUS GROWTH; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; PLACENTA; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VASCULARIZATION; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0032778444     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/plac.1999.0418     Document Type: Review

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