Smoking in pregnancy affects the fetal heart: Possible links to future cardiovascular disease

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 14, 2015, Pages 1664-1668

  Kapaya, Habiba ^a   Broughton Pipkin, Fiona ^b   Hayes Gill, Barrie ^c   Loughna, Pamela V ^b  

^a Academic Unit of Reproductive and Developmental Medicine   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fetal heart rate variability; pregnancy; smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FETAL ELECTROCARDIOGRAPH; FETUS; FETUS ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS MONITORING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL SMOKING; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RR INTERVAL; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETAL MONITORING; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING;

EID: 84941141071     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2014.964202     Document Type: Article

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