Antenatal exposure to second hand smoke of non-smoking mothers and growth rate of their infants.

Frida SoesantiCuno S P M UiterwaalDiederick E GrobbeeAryono HendartoGeertje W DalmeijerNikmah Salamia Idris

Published in: PloS one (2019)

Heavy antenatal exposure to SHS in non-smoking mothers results in reduced neonatal head circumference at birth and head circumference gain over the first 6 months of life. Our findings show no clear relations between exposure to SHS during pregnancy and other markers of neonatal growth and birth size.

Keyphrases

body mass index
pregnant women
preterm birth
smoking cessation
gestational age
optic nerve
body weight
pregnancy outcomes
physical activity