Smoking During Pregnancy: Pregnancy Risks and Socio-demographic Characteristics among Pregnant Smokers
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 March 2009
Abstract
Maternal smoking during pregnancy is causally related to fetal growth retardation. Smoking more than doubles the risk for the birth of a small-for-gestational-age infant. About 30% of the Swedish pregnant population smoke in early pregnancy. Despite that practically all pregnant women in Sweden today are aware of the hazards of smoking, about 70% of the smokers continue to smoke during pregnancy. Women who continue to smoke during pregnancy differ in terms of socio-demographic characteristics from those who stop smoking during pregnancy.
- Type
- Screening for Phychosocial risk Factors
- Information
- International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care , Volume 8 , Supplement S1 , January 1992 , pp. 91 - 95
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- Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992
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