Infertility, pregnancy loss and adverse birth outcomes in relation to maternal secondhand tobacco smoke exposure

Current Women's Health Reviews

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 41-49

  Meeker, John D ^a   Benedict, Merle D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MONTANA TECH OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

ETS; Infertility; Pregnancy; Secondhand smoke; Spontaneous abortion; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

TOBACCO SMOKE;

ARTICLE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; MATERNAL SMOKING; PASSIVE SMOKING; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

EID: 84878657360     PISSN: 15734048     EISSN: 18756581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1573404811309010003     Document Type: Article

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