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Review
. 2003 Dec;88(12):1086-90.
doi: 10.1136/adc.88.12.1086.

Adverse health effects of prenatal and postnatal tobacco smoke exposure on children

W Hofhuis  1 , J C de Jongste, P J F M Merkus
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Review

Adverse health effects of prenatal and postnatal tobacco smoke exposure on children

W Hofhuis et al. Arch Dis Child. 2003 Dec.

Abstract

Parents who choose to smoke are possibly not aware of, or deny, the negative effects of passive smoking on their offspring. This review summarises a wide range of effects of passive smoking on mortality and morbidity in children. It offers paediatricians, obstetricians, specialists in preventive child health care, general practitioners, and midwives an approach to promote smoking cessation in smoking parents before, during, and after pregnancy.

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