The effectiveness of nicotine replacement therapy during pregnancy: investigating the role of nicotine substitution, nicotine metabolism and pregnant smokers’ experiences
Nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) is effective in non-pregnant populations at assisting smoking cessation, but there is no evidence that NRT can help pregnant smokers to stop. Nicotine metabolism increases during pregnancy, and so the nicotine dose delivered by NRT could be insufficient for amelior...
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| Format: | Thesis (University of Nottingham only) |
| Language: | English |
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2016
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| Online Access: | https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/32138/ |