Open AccessBlack-white differences in serum cotinine levels among pregnant women and subsequent effects on infant birthweight.
Author(s) -
Paul English,
Brenda Eskenazi,
Roberta E. Christianson
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.84.9.1439
Subject(s) - cotinine , medicine , nicotine , confounding , pregnancy , gestation , cigarette smoking , physiology , obstetrics , demography , biology , genetics , sociology
Higher levels of serum cotinine (a metabolite of nicotine) have been found in Black smokers than in White smokers even after self-reported cigarette dose was controlled. It is unknown whether higher cotinine levels in Black pregnant smokers may increase the risk of delivering an infant of reduced birthweight.
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