The Effect of Swedish Snuff (Snus) on Offspring Birthweight: A Sibling Analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Juárez, Sol Pía ^a,b   Merlo, Juan ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; DEMOGRAPHY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; PROGENY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; SELF REPORT; SIBLING; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; STILLBIRTH; SWEDISH SMOKELESS TOBACCO; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; SIBLINGS; SWEDEN; TOBACCO, SMOKELESS;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 84878911120     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0065611     Document Type: Article

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