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S. Rizwan is an academic researcher from Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. The author has contributed to research in topics: Pregnancy & Cotinine. The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 6 publications.
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Maternal smoking during pregnancy and possible effects of in utero testosterone: Evidence from the 2D:4D finger length ratio
TL;DR: A link between maternal smoking during pregnancy and 2D:4D supports a causal association between FT and such behaviours as hyperactivity and conduct disorder.
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Socio-economic status, smoking during pregnancy and birth outcomes: an analysis of cross-sectional community studies in Liverpool (1993–2001)
TL;DR: Birth outcomes were worse in babies of smoking mothers during pregnancy independent of household's socio-economic status, and only maternal smoking during preg-nancy was a significant risk factor for adverse birth outcomes when socioeconomic variables were controlled.
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Population attributable risk for adverse pregnancy outcomes related to smoking in adolescents and adults.
Ali Delpisheh,Yvonne Kelly,S. Rizwan,Eman Zekry Attia,S. Drammond,Bernard J. Brabin,Bernard J. Brabin,Bernard J. Brabin +7 more
TL;DR: The magnitude of the problem was greater among adolescent pregnancies, among whom a sub-group of mothers with very high risk for adverse birth outcomes due to pregnancy smoking was identified.
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Trends in childhood and parental asthma prevalence in Merseyside, 1991-1998.
TL;DR: A rising prevalence of reported doctor diagnosed asthma, but not C+W+B+ was observed during the 1990s in a low socio-economic area of Liverpool, likely to be attributable to several factors, including changes in diagnostic labelling and the distribution of factors related to social status.
Salivary Cotinine, Doctor-diagnosed Asthma and Respiratory Symptoms in Primary Schoolchildren
Ali Delpisheh,Ali Delpisheh,Yvonne Kelly,S. Rizwan,Bernard J. Brabin,Bernard J. Brabin,Bernard J. Brabin +6 more
TL;DR: The use of salivary cotinine as an indicator of ETS exposure could be used to inform parents of exposure risk to their asthmatic children and may help re-enforce deterrent efforts to reduce childhood parental smoking exposure.
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