Is maternal smoking during early pregnancy a risk factor for all low birth weight infants?

Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 89-96

  Suzuki, Kohta ^a   Tanaka, Taichiro ^a   Kondo, Naoki ^a   Minai, Junko ^a   Sato, Miri ^a   Yamagata, Zentaro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Infant; Low birth weight; Pregnancy; Risk factors; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; JAPAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURITY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SMOKING;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; JAPAN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREMATURE BIRTH; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SMOKING;

EID: 45749142532     PISSN: 09175040     EISSN: 13499092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2188/jea.JE2007415     Document Type: Article

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