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Maternal smoking at first prenatal visit as a marker of risk for adverse pregnancy outcomes in the Qikiqtaaluk (Baffin) region

2010

Mehaffey, K., Higginson, A., Cowan, J., Osborne, G.M., & Arbour, L.T.

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This article assesses whether the number of cigarettes smoked per day by pregnant Inuit women in the Qikiqtaaluk (Baffin) region of Nunavut influenced birth outcomes. The study found that women who smoked more than 10 cigarettes daily were at significantly higher risk of having preterm births or low birth weight and small for gestational age infants.

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Maternal smoking at first prenatal visit as a marker of risk for adverse pregnancy outcomes in the Qikiqtaaluk (Baffin) region.

Mehaffey, K., Higginson, A., Cowan, J., Osborne, G.M., & Arbour, L.T. (2010). Maternal smoking at first prenatal visit as a marker of risk for adverse pregnancy outcomes in the Qikiqtaaluk (Baffin) region. Rural and Remote Health, 10(3), 1484.

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