Association between Maternal Smoking during Pregnancy and Low Birthweight: Effects by Maternal Age.

BACKGROUND:Maternal smoking during pregnancy has been consistently related to low birthweight. However, older mothers, who are already at risk of giving birth to low birthweight infants, might be even more susceptible to the effects of maternal smoking. Therefore, this study aimed to examine the mod...

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Main Authors: Wei Zheng, Kohta Suzuki, Taichiro Tanaka, Moriyasu Kohama, Zentaro Yamagata, Okinawa Child Health Study Group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4721610?pdf=render