News tagged with maternal smoking
Citywide smoking ban contributes to significant decrease in maternal smoking, pre-term births
New research released today takes a look at birth outcomes and maternal smoking, building urgency for more states and cities to join the nationwide smoke-free trend that has accelerated in recent years. According to the new ...
Nov 10, 2010 |
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Study finds changes in DNA patterns are linked to prenatal smoke exposure
A new study by researchers at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC) has found that the life-long effects of maternal smoking during pregnancy may occur through specific changes in DNA ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Aug 24, 2009 |
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Children whose mothers smoked during pregnancy, early childhood more likely to smoke as adults
Children of mothers who smoked during pregnancy and their early childhood years may be predisposed to take up smoking as teens and young adults, compounding the physical damage they sustained from the smoke exposure.
May 19, 2009 |
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