β-Carotene concentrations in maternal and cord blood of smokers and non-smokers

Early Human Development

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 313-317

  De Barros Silva, Silmara Salete ^a   De Carvalho Rondó, Patricia Helen ^a   Erzinger, Gilmar Sidnei ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOINVILLE REGION   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Mothers; Newborn babies; Smoking; Umbilical cord; carotene

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MATERNAL BLOOD; NEWBORN; SMOKING HABIT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

EID: 16244405582     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2004.08.003     Document Type: Article

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