Maternal smoking promotes chronic obstructive lung disease in the offspring as adults

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Introduction</p> <p>In utero and/or childhood environmental tobacco smoke exposure is well known to adversely affect lung function and to depreciate child's health in many ways. Fewer studies have assessed the long-term effects on COPD developmen...

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Main Authors: Beyer D, Mitfessel H, Gillissen A
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-12-01
Series:European Journal of Medical Research
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Online Access:http://www.eurjmedres.com/content/14/S4/27