background maternal passive smoking or exposure to environmental tobacco smoke may be a risk factor for maternal and newborn morbidity. objectives the current study aimed to assess the relationship between preterm delivery and tobacco smoke exposure in pregnant woman referring to the shabih-khani maternity hospital in kashan, iran. patients and methods an analytical retrospective cohort study w...

BACKGROUND Late-gestational serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SRI) exposure has been linked to adverse neonatal outcomes; however, the impact of timing and duration of exposure is unknown. AIMS To determine whether late-gestational exposure to an SRI is associated with increased risk of adverse neonatal outcome relative to early exposure. METHOD Population-based maternal and neonatal health rec...

The effects of chronic gestational exposure to nicotine on the nucleus accumbens dopamine response to acute nicotine were determined during adolescence (postnatal day 29-36) in cross-fostered and noncross-fostered Lewis rats. In both males and females, gestational nicotine exposure diminished the adolescent nucleus accumbens dopamine response to 0.07 mg/kg nicotine i.v. (p < 0.05). However, dop...

Data concerning the effects of phthalate exposure on preterm delivery and fetal growth are limited in humans. In this paper, we assessed the relationship between 15 phthalate levels in cord blood and preterm delivery and fetal growth parameters in 207 Chinese women going into labor. Exposure to phthalates except DCHP was associated with gestational age reduction and preterm delivery (p<0.05). T...