Early hits and long-term consequences: Tracking the lasting impact of prenatal smoke exposure on telomere length in children

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 103, Issue SUPPL.1, 2013, Pages

  Theall, Katherine P ^a,b   McKasson, Sarah ^a   Mabile, Emily ^a   Dunaway, Lauren F ^a,b   Drury, Stacy S ^c  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PASSIVE SMOKING; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TELOMERE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; NEW ORLEANS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TELOMERE; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 84884163212     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.301208     Document Type: Article

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