Prenatal tobacco exposure shortens telomere length in children [PDF]
Introduction: Preliminary evidence suggests a possible association between prenatal tobacco exposure and telomere length in children. This study was conducted to investigate whether maternal smoking during pregnancy was associated with telomere ...
Chan, Godfrey Chi Fung +11 more
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Prenatal tobacco exposure, birthweight, and offspring psychopathology. [PDF]
Although prenatal tobacco exposure (PTE) is associated with several adverse offspring mental health outcomes, mechanisms remain unclear. We test whether associations between PTE and offspring psychopathology are explained by birthweight, one of the ...
Talati A +3 more
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The association between neighborhood environment, prenatal exposure to alcohol and tobacco, and structural brain development [PDF]
Prenatal alcohol and tobacco exposure affects child brain development. Less is known about how neighborhood environment (built, institutional, and social) may be associated with structural brain development and whether prenatal exposure to alcohol or ...
Yingjing Xia, Verónica M. Vieira
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Identifying Prenatal Cannabis Exposure and Effects of Concurrent Tobacco Exposure on Neonatal Growth [PDF]
BACKGROUNDCannabis is the most frequently used illicit drug among pregnant women, but data describing the effects of prenatal cannabis exposure and concurrent nicotine and cannabis exposures on neonatal growth are inconsistent.
Teresa R Gray +5 more
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Methodological Issues in Assessing the Impact of Prenatal Drug Exposure
Prenatal drug exposure is a common public health concern that can result in perinatal complications, birth defects, and developmental disorders. The growing literature regarding the effects of prenatal exposure to specific drugs such as tobacco, alcohol,
Carolien Konijnenberg
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Prenatal and postnatal tobacco smoke exposure and respiratory health in Russian children [PDF]
Background Only few studies have assessed the relative impact of prenatal and postnatal exposure to tobacco smoke on the child's later asthma or chronic respiratory symptoms and to our knowledge no studies have elaborated respiratory infections and ...
Kuzmin Sergey V +5 more
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Prenatal Tobacco Exposure: Developmental Outcomes in the Neonatal Period [PDF]
Smoking during pregnancy is a persistent public health problem that has been linked to later adverse outcomes. The neonatal period— the first month of life—carries substantial developmental change in regulatory skills and is the period when tobacco ...
Respass, Jennifer +11 more
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Prenatal tobacco exposure influences cerebral oxygenation in preterm infants [PDF]
Aim: Our aim was to determine the influence of prenatal tobacco exposure on regional cerebral tissue oxygen saturation (r(c)SO(2)) and fractional tissue oxygen extraction (FTOE) in preterm infants.
Hendrik J. ter Horst +11 more
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Prenatal Tobacco Smoke Exposure and Early Childhood BMI [PDF]
Maternal smoking during pregnancy is associated with increased risk of childhood overweight body mass index (BMI). Less is known about the association between prenatal secondhand tobacco smoke (SHS) exposure and childhood BMI.
Braun, Joe M. +9 more
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Prenatal tobacco smoke exposure is associated with childhood DNA CpG methylation.
BackgroundSmoking while pregnant is associated with a myriad of negative health outcomes in the child. Some of the detrimental effects may be due to epigenetic modifications, although few studies have investigated this hypothesis in detail.ObjectivesTo ...
Carrie V Breton +19 more
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