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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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 |