Tuesday, June 25, 2019

Preconceptional and prenatal exposure to paternal smoking affects semen quality of adult sons

The adverse effect of maternal smoking during pregnancy is well established and associated with several negative neonatal outcomes (such as low birth weight and preterm birth). It is also evident in some studies that the semen quality of men exposed to prenatal maternal smoking is generally more impaired than that of unexposed men. However, there is little known about the effect of paternal smoking in the time leading up to and during pregnancy.

* This article was originally published here