Environmental tobacco smoke exposure during pregnancy affects complications and birth outcomes in women with and without asthma.
Nasrin FazelMichael KundiAsghar KazemzadehHabibollah EsmailyRoya AkbarzadehRaheleh AhmadiPublished in: BMC pregnancy and childbirth (2020)
Due to the small number of women with asthma exposed to ETS, combined effects of asthma and ETS were only found for cesarean sections. Still counseling of pregnant women about adverse effects of ETS should consider women's asthma as an additional reason to avoid ETS.
Keyphrases
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- transcription factor
- lung function
- pregnant women
- allergic rhinitis
- pregnancy outcomes
- type diabetes
- emergency department
- metabolic syndrome
- cystic fibrosis
- adipose tissue
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- risk factors
- air pollution
- climate change
- human health
- smoking cessation
- weight loss
- human immunodeficiency virus
- preterm birth
- antiretroviral therapy