Maternal smoking in pregnancy and its influence on childhood asthma

Maternal smoking in pregnancy (MSP) is a large modifiable risk factor for pregnancy related mortality and morbidity and also the most important known modifiable risk factor for asthma. This review summarises the effects of MSP throughout infancy, childhood and adolescence with regards to asthma (dev...

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Main Author: Angela Zacharasiewicz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: European Respiratory Society 2016-07-01
Series:ERJ Open Research
Online Access:http://openres.ersjournals.com/content/2/3/00042-2016.full