Pediatrics

Reduced Hematological Parameters in Newborns Tied to Maternal Smoking

Published in Women's Health Weekly, June 3rd, 2000

Maternal smoking during pregnancy is associated with lower hemoglobin levels and a reduced number of red blood cells in the newborn. The more cigarettes the mother smokes per day, the greater is the reduction of the hematological parameters in the child.

Anne-Lise Bjorke-Monsen, pediatrician at the University of Bergen, Norway, and her colleagues have studied the effect of maternal smoking on newborns at term and after six weeks of life.

Their results, presented at the joint meeting of the Pediatric American Societies (PAS) and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), May 12-16, 2000 in Boston, Massachusetts, showed that maternal smoking during...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (2000-06-03)

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