Prenatal second-hand smoke exposure and newborn telomere length.

CONCLUSIONS: This study demonstrated that prenatal second-hand smoke exposure may be a preventable risk factor for accelerated biological aging in the intrauterine stage, and further suggested possible sex differences in the susceptibility to prenatal second-hand smoke.
PMID: 31578036 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Pediatric Research - October 1, 2019 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Liu B, Song L, Zhang L, Wu M, Wang L, Cao Z, Xiong C, Zhang B, Li Y, Xia W, Xu S, Wang Y Tags: Pediatr Res Source Type: research