Maternal smoking and ethnic origin, association with birth weight and NICU admission

Archives of Medical Science

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 310-314

  Rao, Harish ^a   Donaldson, Nora ^b   Dobson, Pamela ^b   Hannam, Simon ^a   Rafferty, Gerrard F ^a   Greenough, Anne ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Infant; Nicotine

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL SMOKING; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE NURSING; PARITY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING HABIT;

EID: 58549103745     PISSN: 17341922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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