Fetal malnutrition in infants of smokers and passive smokers assessed by clinical assessment of nutritional status scoring


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Fenercioglu A., Karatekın G., Nuhoğlu A.

TURKISH JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, cilt.39, sa.6, ss.849-855, 2009 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus, TRDizin)

Özet

Aim: Studies have shown that maternal smoking during pregnancy is associated with low birth weight, height and head circumference in newborns. In the present study, along with these anthropometric measures we aimed to determine fetal malnutrition (FM), which is a less known outcome of antenatal tobacco exposure.