Open AccessMaternal Smoking and Oral Clefts
Author(s) -
Rolv Terje Lie,
Allen J. Wilcox,
Jack A. Taylor,
Håkon K. Gjessing,
Ola Didrik Saugstad,
Frank Aabyholm,
Hallvard Vindenes
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.901
H-Index - 173
eISSN - 1531-5487
pISSN - 1044-3983
DOI - 10.1097/ede.0b013e3181690731
Subject(s) - odds ratio , medicine , confidence interval , case control study , relative risk , pregnancy , cigarette smoke , passive smoking , cigarette smoking , obstetrics , genetics , environmental health , biology
There is evidence for an effect of cigarette smoking on risk of oral clefts. There are also hypothetical pathways for a biologic effect involving toxic chemicals in cigarette smoke.