TY - JOUR
T1 - Hair Analysis as a Marker for Fetal Exposure to Maternal Smoking
AU - Klein, Julia
AU - Chitayat, David
AU - Koren, Gideon
PY - 1993/1/7
Y1 - 1993/1/7
N2 - To the Editor: Maternal cigarette smoking during pregnancy is associated with fetal risks in the short and long term1,2. Any attempt to understand the effects of maternal smoking on the fetus should include an estimate of the degree of fetal exposure to the constituents of cigarette smoke. To date, no biologic markers have been identified that can assist in such an estimation. We describe the distribution characteristics of nicotine and its metabolite cotinine in maternal and fetal hair. We studied 10 smoking and 11 nonsmoking mothers (mean ages, 19 and 20 years, respectively) in two hospitals in Toronto…
AB - To the Editor: Maternal cigarette smoking during pregnancy is associated with fetal risks in the short and long term1,2. Any attempt to understand the effects of maternal smoking on the fetus should include an estimate of the degree of fetal exposure to the constituents of cigarette smoke. To date, no biologic markers have been identified that can assist in such an estimation. We describe the distribution characteristics of nicotine and its metabolite cotinine in maternal and fetal hair. We studied 10 smoking and 11 nonsmoking mothers (mean ages, 19 and 20 years, respectively) in two hospitals in Toronto…
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U2 - 10.1056/NEJM199301073280116
DO - 10.1056/NEJM199301073280116
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C2 - 8416280
AN - SCOPUS:0027500245
SN - 0028-4793
VL - 328
SP - 66
EP - 67
JO - New England Journal of Medicine
JF - New England Journal of Medicine
IS - 1
ER -