[Tobacco smoking and body weight of newborns].
Literature data about the effects of tobacco smoke constituents in pregnancy are reviewed. Analysis on the authors material comprises 73 smoking and 70 non-smoking women in pregnancy. In the former group the natal body weight of new born is by 308 g lower and the placental-fetal index by 0.02 higher with no differences in the body weight increase of smoking and non-smoking women in pregnancy.
Powolny
Krystian
K
Oddział Patologii Ciazy Szpitala Ginekologiczno-Połozniczego im. Dr S. Mossora w Opolu.
Kubicki
Janusz
J
Maczka
Marek
M
D000328:Adult; D001724:Birth Weight; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects*