2011-03-01Zeitschriftenartikel
Is low birth weight in the causal pathway of the association between maternal smoking in pregnancy and higher BMI in the offspring?
Beyerlein, Andreas; Rückinger, Simon; Toschke, André Michael; Rosario, Angelika Schaffrath; Kries, Rüdiger von
A number of cross-sectional and prospective studies suggested a priming effect of maternal smoking in pregnancy on offspring’s obesity. It has been hypothesized that this association might be explained by low birth weight ...