Open AccessPaternal smoking and birthweight in Shanghai.
Author(s) -
Jun Zhang,
J. M. Ratcliffe
Publication year - 1993
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.83.2.207
Subject(s) - tobacco smoke , medicine , passive smoking , environmental health , birth weight , pregnancy , smoke , fetal growth , gestational age , prenatal exposure , parity (physics) , pediatrics , gestation , genetics , physics , meteorology , biology , particle physics
Although maternal active smoking has been established to be associated with fetal growth retardation, evidence of an effect of environmental tobacco smoke exposure on birthweight is still limited and inconclusive. This study addressed the relationship between prenatal environmental tobacco smoke exposure and birthweight and fetal growth retardation in Shanghai, China.