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Placental weight and birthweight: the relations with number of daily cigarettes and smoking cessation in pregnancy. A population study
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“Indeed, prenatal CC exposure has been associated with significantly lower birthweights and preterm birth; these effects have been found to be dose-dependent,1 and quitting smoking during pregnancy is associated with significantly better birth outcomes than continued smoking.20”
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“Women who smoke in pregnancy give birth to infants with lower birthweight than non-smokers.(3,4) It is assumed that the more cigarettes a pregnant woman smokes, the lower is the birthweight of her newborn infant.”
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Wickstrom, R. (2007) · Current Neuropharmacology · doi:10.2174/157015907781695955 · Cited by 256 · cited 1×
“One explanation for this finding is that the nicotine in cigarettes may lead to vasoconstriction in the maternal circulation with subsequent reduced blood flow to the uteroplacental unit.(38) Also, smoking reduces the oxygen binding capacity(39) and oxygen supply is essential for placental and fetal growth.”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Larsen, S., Haavaldsen, C., Bjelland, E. K., Dypvik, J., Jukic, A. M., & Eskild, A.
- Affiliations
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway
- Department of Chronic Disease Epidemiology, Yale School of Public Health, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
- Venue
- International Journal of Epidemiology
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 2018-06-26
- Volume
- 47
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 1141-1150
- ISSN
- 0300-5771
- 1464-3685
- PMC
- PMC6124614
- Cited by
- 48
- References
- 2
- Language
- en
- Funders
- South-Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority (2013003, 2014008, 2012001)
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