Tobacco chewing in pregnancy.
The effects of tobacco chewing by pregnant women were investigated. When compared with those who did not do so, tobacco-chewing mothers had a greatly increased stillbirth rate, a low male : female infant sex ratio and a major reduction in birth weight which was due in large part to early delivery.
D001724:Birth Weight; D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death / Q000209:etiology; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D010947:Plants, Toxic; D011247:Pregnancy; D012744:Sex Ratio; D014026:Nicotiana