Early Human Development
Volume 83, Issue 11 , Pages 721-725 , November 2007

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and parental smoking

  • Peter Fleming

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. FSID Research Unit, level D, St Michaels Hospital, Southwell St, Bristol BS2 8EG, UK. Tel.: +44 117 342 0172; fax: +44 117 904 7411.
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  • Peter S. Blair

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☆ Article for Best practice guideline on smoking in pregnancy. Early Human Development.

PII: S0378-3782(07)00129-6

doi: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2007.07.011

Early Human Development
Volume 83, Issue 11 , Pages 721-725 , November 2007

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