Tobacco chewing in pregnancy.

K, Krishna

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British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Article . 1979

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Tobacco chewing in pregnancy.

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 26 Jan 1979 English Journal:British journal of obstetrics and gynaecology, volume 85 (issn: 0306-5456,

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Authors: K, Krishna;

pmid: 708654

Tobacco chewing in pregnancy.

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Abstract

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.

Keywords

Nicotiana, Infant, Newborn, India, Gestational Age, Plants, Toxic, Pregnancy, Birth Weight, Humans, Female, Sex Ratio, Fetal Death

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