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Cigarette Smoking in Pregnancy: Its Influence on Birth Weight and Perinatal Mortality
Abstract
In a British population cigarette smoking during pregnancy increased the late fetal plus neonatal mortality rate by 28% and reduced birth weight by 170 g, and these differences persist even after allowing for a number of “mediating” maternal and social variables. A change in smoking habit by the end of the fourth month of pregnancy places a mother in the risk category appropriate to her changed habit. This evidence should have important implications for health education aimed at getting pregnant mothers to give up smoking.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Butler, N. R., Goldstein, H., & Ross, E. M.
- Venue
- BMJ
- Publisher
- BMJ
- Published
- 1972-04-15
- Volume
- 2
- Issue
- 5806
- Pages
- 127-130
- ISSN
- 0007-1447 (ISSN-L)
- 1468-5833
- OpenAlex
- W1979114042
- Cited by
- 412
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 21.52
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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