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Developmental consequences of prenatal tobacco exposure
1 Apr 2009
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW: This paper reviews results from published, in press, and conference proceedings from 2007 and 2008 that link in-utero tobacco exposure to neurodevelopmental outcomes in exposed offspring. RECENT FINDINGS: Prenatal tobacco exposure (PTE) affected speech processing, levels of irritability and hypertonicity, attention levels, ability to self-regulate, need to be handled, and response to novelty...
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