The effects of antenatal smoking and substance abuse on ventilatory responsiveness and chemoreceptor sensitivity in infants

Background: Infants of mothers who smoked (S) or substance misused (SM) during pregnancy have an increased risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). Hypotheses: Infants of SM and S mothers will have poorer ventilatory responsiveness to hypercarbia and hypoxia and reduced chemoreceptor sensitivity...

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Main Author: Ali, Kamal Ali Mohammed
Other Authors: Greenough, Anne ; Rafferty, Gerrard Francis
Published: King's College London (University of London) 2016
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.700805