Prenatal Exposure to Maternal Cigarette Smoke and Offspring Body Mass Index: A Prospective Study of Québec Children

Concern is mounting over the increase in prevalence and severity of overweight and obesity in children worldwide. Intrauterine life has been identified as a critical period for the development of overweight or obesity and other related chronic diseases. Prenatal exposure to maternal cigarette smoke...

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Main Author: Gravel, Jonathan
Language:en
Published: 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10393/20247