Cotinine‐assisted intervention in pregnancy to reduce smoking and low birthweight delivery

Objective— To investigate the feasibility and impact of integrating a cotinine‐assisted smoking intervention programme with an existing antenatal maternal serum alpha‐fetoprotcin (AFP) screening service for open neural tube defects.

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