Department of Preventative and Social Medicine, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune-411001, Maharashtra, India.
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TOBACCO CHEWING IN PREGNANCY
Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1978.tb15591.x
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BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Volume 85, Issue 10, pages 726–728, October 1978
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Krisshna, K. (1978), TOBACCO CHEWING IN PREGNANCY. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 85: 726–728. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1978.tb15591.x
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- Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005
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Summary
The effects of tobacco chewing by pregnant women were investigated. When compared with those who did not do so, tobacco-chewing mothers had a greatly increased stillbirth rate, a low male: female infant sex ratio and a major reduction in birth weight which was due in large part to early delivery.