Maternal smoking and preterm birth: An unresolved health challenge

Sarah J. Stock; Linda Bauld

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1003386

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Maternal smoking and preterm birth: An unresolved health challenge

Sarah J. Stock ,

* E-mail: Sarah.Stock@ed.ac.uk

Affiliation Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4308-856X

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Linda Bauld

Affiliation Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Maternal smoking and preterm birth: An unresolved health challenge

Sarah J. Stock,
Linda Bauld

Published: September 14, 2020
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003386

About the Authors

Sarah J. Stock

* E-mail: Sarah.Stock@ed.ac.uk

Affiliation Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4308-856X

Linda Bauld

Affiliation Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: SJS is a member of the Editorial Board of PLOS Medicine

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