The Relationship between Maternal Smoking and Infant Birth Weight: Improving Accuracy through Urine Cotinine Analysis and Effective Medical Record Strategies
Objective: We conducted a study to determine if antenatally collected maternal urine cotinine (a metabolite of nicotine) measurements can be used to assess the neonatal impact of nicotine exposure during pregnancy. This was a prospective longitudinal cohort of mother–infant dyads. Only term singleto...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2024-08-01
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Series: | Children |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/11/8/1028 |