Wednesday, 31 May 2017

Maternal Smoking during Pregnancy and Its Impact on Postnatal Neurodevelopment

Maternal Smoking during Pregnancy
In the last decades, in industrialized countries, nicotine from active smoking or from environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) has become the most prevalent substance of abuse during pregnancy.

In 2012, The European Perinatal Health Report stated that the prevalence of maternal smoking during pregnancy could be above 10% in many countries.
According to Ribot et al., 30% to 43% of pregnant women smoke actively at the beginning of pregnancy in Spain.


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